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Water Damage Repair

Water damage repair in Orlando runs in one order: find the source, dry the structure, then rebuild. In that order, and the first step is the one most often skipped.

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Where it comes from here

A failed shower pan, or a leaking supply line. An air handler drain pan that overflowed. A roof or flashing failure. Or a window that spent a year letting water behind the stucco. On slab-on-grade there is no crawl space. So a supply leak under the slab shows as a warm spot on the floor, or an unexplained water bill, rather than a drip.

Drying properly

Dry the structure with meters, not with guesswork about how long feels right. Concrete and framing hold moisture long after the surface feels dry. Close a wall too early and mould grows behind the new drywall.

Why water damage repair fails twice

Because someone closed the wall before it was dry. Concrete and framing hold moisture long after a surface feels dry to the hand. Drywall over it then grows mould where nobody can see. Meters measure structural drying; a schedule does not. The EPA is unambiguous about what follows when nobody measures.

Then rebuild

Cut back to sound material, replace insulation that got wet, and finish so the repair is invisible. If the cause was plumbing, this is the moment to consider a repipe.

Not sure this is the right scope yet?

Most projects change shape once someone stands in the room. The walk-through is where that happens, and it costs nothing whether or not you go ahead.

See how a project runs

Start with a walk-through

Tell us the room, the city the home is in, and how to reach you. We will say plainly whether it is work we should take on.

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