The children’s rhyme quoted is cute for children, but when dealing with rain or wet conditions inside your home, it’s not so cute. Many of you reading this article have a home or know someone whose home looked like the picture below. With all the rain and flooding many are now looking at cleaning up the water damage inside their homes. Southern Perfection Painting, Inc., who has been serving the metro Atlanta area for over 25 years, is committed to assisting our community when natural disasters occur. We have volunteered and helped our neighbors in their time of need in the past.

Here are a few tips to help you get back on the road to normalcy.


Drying Out Process

• With wet conditions inside your home it is best that you dry your home out as soon as possible.


• Internal ventilation and heat is the key.


• Ventilation is especially important when adding dry heat so that the drying process does not cause condensation.


• Having good ventilation or good air flow is also important, this helps to take away any moisture and prevent mold.


• If you are using a heater to dry out your home be sure that you have windows open.


• With dirty rain water in your home, you must watch out for lichens, mold, and algae. These must be cleaned away with a type of anti-fungicidal wash or bleach.

Note: Portable oil or gas heaters should not be used inside for drying out your home as they produce exhaust fumes.

Preparation

• Make sure everything is dried out completely to prevent mold from forming.


• Peeling paint and efflorescence should be cleaned away with sand paper or a stiff nylon brush, preferably one with non metallic bristles. (The result of water damaged sheetrock is efflorescence – a growth of salt crystals on a surface caused by evaporation of salt-laden water.)


• The process previously mentioned pertains to sheetrock and plaster. It is obvious that if your walls have sustained water damage they will have to be repaired or replaced.

Once the damage has been assessed the next step is to call Southern Perfection Painting, Inc. We are experienced in drywall removal, repair, installation, preparation, and painting. We will take the time to put together a plan that is right for your home.

Give us a call today!!