In the event of water infiltration, moisture meters play an essential role in detecting the severity of water damage and penetration of the resulting moisture in a property’s structure. With the assistance of highly accurate moisture meters, property owners can file more detailed flood damage insurance claims; claims which thoroughly address the damage to their floors, subfloors and walls. Accurately detecting water presence and damage immediately following a water penetration incident can save property owners thousands of euros in later repair efforts, and ensures that property owners generate extensive and thorough flood damage insurance claims.
Precision in Your Claim
Utilizing professional grade moisture meters to precisely measure the water damage to a property following a water infiltration event, such as overflow from dishwashers, bathtubs and washing machines, homeowners and property managers can much more effectively and thoroughly file flood damage insurance claims. With the accuracy moisture meters provide, they can identify more heavily affected areas of their property, and how severe or heavy moisture is present in a building’s materials.
Moisture and water damage resulting from heavy water exposure, such as that from a flood, is not always detectable by the naked eye, and if left unnoticed and untreated, such damage can progress into serious structural trouble. By using moisture meters, property owners can pinpoint the degree of the exposure’s damage, and more accurately report this damage when filing water damage insurance claims. Being able to accurately report on the scope of water damage enables property owners to comprehensively catalogue their losses.
Role in Water Damage Restoration
The restoration process following extreme water damage can be significantly streamlined when combined with the use of highly accurate moisture meters. The ability to precisely detect water damage and moisture pockets inside surfaces allows restoration contractors to potentially save thousands of euros in their repair efforts. The distinct measurement of moisture and the extent of flood damage tell restorers precisely where to focus their efforts and efficiently repair damaged structures and surfaces.
The accuracy moisture meters provide in detecting water penetration and flood damage after an overflow incident is unbeatable. Today’s moisture meters can detect the presence of moisture in places many property owners may not typically consider affected by a water infiltration, and scanning these areas with meters can save thousands of euros in preventing further deterioration. Some of these at-risk areas include:
Spaces between layers of drywall, plaster and insulation
Concrete subfloors, and surfaces beneath carpet and tile
Basement walls, flooring and structural bases
Property foundation
Detecting water penetration in your property’s surfaces following an overflow or water infiltration incident can act as a preventative measure, protecting you from higher repair costs and increased moisture deterioration as time progresses.
As Paul Laurenzi, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Delmhorst Instrument Co., explained to the press following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, “after a structure has been sitting for some time without remediation, it is more likely that materials must be ripped out and replaced instead of dried.” Detecting damages earlier in the claim and restoration process following a flood or significant water penetration accident is an invaluable advantage of using moisture meters.
Using moisture meters to precisely measure penetration levels during the repair and drying process assures that property owners more effectively reinforce damaged areas. Because effective structural drying is a process in itself, moisture meters can measure the progress of repairs and elimination of trapped moisture.
To learn more about assessing and recovering from flood damage with the help of moisture meters, or what other services this technology can provide, feel free to contact us or complete a meter request form to identify the right meter for your job.
