Atlanta Homes with Window AC Units Could Be Welcoming Water Damage

3/23/2018 (Permalink)

Window AC units are not made to last forever, if your unit fails and causes water damage in your home call SERVPRO to help.

SERVPRO Can Help Restore Your Home after Water Damage

When you think about your Atlanta home, there are likely many convenience appliances that come to mind to help you live more comfortably. While these might seem like typical staples of the modern home, without the proper preventative maintenance and occasional forward-thinking repair work, some of these appliances can make your life anything but convenient. Take for example the air conditioning units hanging in the windows in various areas of your home.

With the water that has to pass through the system from both condensation and the natural production of cooled air, a malfunction to your air conditioning unit could result in substantial water damage to your Atlanta home. If one of these units were to malfunction, it stands to reason that removing it from the area might prove to be a difficult task. Fortunately, there is often only a finite amount of water in one of the units at any given time, meaning that at worst, the water eventually does stop pouring out of the appliance.

The best thing that you can do for the sake of your home and the structural integrity of areas like your floor supports might be to contact our experienced SERVPRO professionals. When our team arrives at your home, the quick initial assessment determines the full scope of the possible damage and helps our technicians to determine the best approach to giving you lasting results.

While these circumstances might not always warrant the use of portable pumps and wet-vacs for extraction purposes, they always require drying tools at our disposal. Our drying processes have to be complete and thorough because leaving any trace of lasting moisture could permit the growth of mold in your home. For instances where the water is often explicitly confined to the floors and supports, drying mats get used to penetrate deeply below the thin layer of aesthetic flooring material to entirely dry the region and provide peace of mind from fungal growth.

While you might be among the majority that utilizes convenience appliances like air conditioners heavily throughout the warmest months of the year, you should understand that these machines do not get designed to last forever. If they do break down, spilling high volumes of water inside your home, as a result, contact SERVPRO of Southwest Cobb / Cascade. Our experienced emergency response team is available 24/7 at (770) 739-2355.

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