Water Damage Equipment
Our Water Damage Equipment
When it comes to a water loss it is our job to dry out your home to the highest standard of care based on the s500. This involves fans, dehumidifiers, air scrubbers, and other equipment. Water damage is important to get under control right away and our equipment is meant to stabilize a situation and then dry it out.
Dehumidifiers
This piece of equipment is essential for removing moisture out of the air in order to dry out a room or a “drying chamber” effectively. This piece of equipment is placed in an overall area and focuses on circulating the air in that room and removing moisture from the surrounding air while replacing it with hot/ dry air. The specific dehumidifier used by PDQ Restoration is an LGR Dehumidifier and the LGR stands for Low Grain Refrigerant Unit. This unit goes beyond normal dehumidifiers and removes water up to below 40 grains per pound.
Air Movers
This is essentially a high-velocity fan that pushes large amounts of air to increase evaporation on surfaces. These air movers are set up PDQ in a way to create circular airflow and to target areas of high humidity and moisture. A typical bedroom may need anywhere from 4-8 fans to aid in the drying process.
Air Scrubbers
Our air scrubbers are cages attached to air movers with filters. The purpose of this is to add a filtering layer to the air circulation system. These scrubbers will effectively scrub anything harmful in the air that can be stirred up when a room is in the middle of the drying process. This piece of equipment is here for your safety.
Extractors
These water extractors are brought in when your home has large amounts of standing water. They are large machines used to pump out water and remove it from your home as quickly as possible. They operate similar to a vacuum but are able to handle large quantities of water volume.
Moisture Meters
The purpose of a moisture meter is to measure the surface level water saturation levels, and the humidity of the air in the affected room in comparison to what it should be from an unaffected room, and to measure water saturation levels inside materials such as carpet or drywall. These are small handheld devices that help PDQ decide how long to dry areas that have been wet and how much equipment needs to be placed.
