You Should Never Ignore Water Damage

Water damage is detrimental and has several relevant, dangerous, and annoying effects on your home. Firstly, there is the actual water damage, which wreaks havoc on furnishings, construction material, utilities, fixtures, and electronics in particular as it pools and stands in corners of your home. Additionally, mold grows well in environments with water damage and is a particular danger when the moisture is concealed under the floorboards and behind walls of your home and in other hard-to-reach places. But even more ominous is the fact that water damage causes health issues because standing water frequently contains a variety of germs and attracts all sorts of pests.

Yes, water damage is one of the biggest and most frustrating aspects of owning a home. And when you are a homeowner, you cannot just handle this on your own or call upon a landlord to take care of the water that is accruing in your house. It’s up to you and only you. However you are not alone when water damage strikes your house. Thanks to the hard work of LimeGreen Water Damage & Restoration, you do not have to tackle this awful headache of a situation without assistance. Even though it’s home to a very warm and sunny and dry climate most of the time, water damage restoration in Los Angeles is absolutely needed. Southern California locations such as Burbank, Century City, Encino, and Glendale aren’t exempt from all the damage and distress that can be caused by water damage from storms, broken pipes, landslides, faulty irrigations, leaking appliances and more.

The truth is that water damage could come for you and your home. And when that happens, you should absolutely not ignore it. Far too many homeowners feel that they don’t have to do much about water in their homes. It’ll naturally dry and when it does, all the problems will be gone, some people think. They couldn’t be more incorrect. There are in fact plenty of reasons why you should never ignore water damage in your home.

Mold & Mildew

This is one of the biggest and most pressing reasons why you shouldn’t turn a blind eye to water damage in your home. Mold and mildew are not only unattractive and ugly to look at but they can quite literally cause damage to your body and health as well as your home. Mold is found in nature all of the time and it serves a purpose, such as breaking down plants and wildlife in a way that is healthy for our ecosystem. But mold should most definitely always be outside only. If you find it in your home, you have a serious problem. Sadly, it often comes because of water in the home. Mold can quickly impact the people who live in your home, affecting their eyes, their skin, and even their lungs too. People with asthma are particularly prone to growing ill because of mold. It can lead to serious health problems, including death in some cases.

Bad Smells

This one is a no-brainer but it needs to be addressed. When water damage comes seeping into your home, it can bring a nasty, putrid smell with it. Bad smells are often associated with water, especially standing water. That’s because the water that finds its way into your house is filled with dirt from the outside world. Imagine all of that dirt just sitting in every corner of your house. Even if you dry the water, the dirt can remain, which is just another reason why you need to rely on LimeGreen to take care of your water damage issues. Not only will we dry your home and get rid of the water, we will clean and sanitize every part of your property as well too. No one wants their home to smell bad. This should be the place that you relax and feel comfortable and enjoy yourself and you can’t truly do that if your house has an unpleasant odor. You have to completely eliminate the bad smells that come with water damage before you can be happy at home again.

Staining

When water pours into your house, it will leave nasty stains behind even after it’s been cleaned. The water that comes from natural disasters and storms and floods and leaking pipes is not clean and it will stain your home and walls and furniture and property just like dirt would. This is so unattractive but it’s also dangerous too because it can make create the mold and germs that will later destroy your furniture or make you sick.

Electrical Damage

The danger that comes from water damage won’t just affect the wood, walls, carpet, and furniture in your house. Instead, it can also find its way into the corners of your home and start to get the electrical units in your walls wet. When that happens, disaster will strike. Water and electricity does not mix and if the water soaked the electrical infrastructure of your property, it can quickly cause fire and you can lose everything.

Structural Damage

If you don’t have the water damage in your home handled quickly, it could lead to serious structural damage in your property. Structural damage will mean that your house could soon be unlivable. It will lead to a weak foundation and cracks in the walls and, in the end, it will cost you thousands of dollars.Worst of all, structural damage might mean that your home can never be saved. It might be so severe that you literally cannot live in your home anymore. It doesn’t matter what causes the water damage in your home, when it strikes it needs to be taken care of and it needs to be done correctly. That means that you cannot handle this on your own. You cannot just try to run a few fans, scrub the walls, and think the job is done. You need the help and expertise of LimeGreen Water Damage & Restoration. Customers all over Los Angeles know that when you call LimeGreen, you are going to get the results that you want. Your house will be safe and forever free of the water damage that caused so many headaches.