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5/31/2019 (Permalink)

Water damage occurred in this home when a water feed line to the refrigerator failed, we showed up right away and began restoration.

Water Damage Restoration in Your Norcross Home

A convenient feature on your refrigerator in your home in Norcross, your ice maker can also cause huge problems. If the water supply line cracks or another part of the device fails, you can have a hidden leak going on underneath your flooring for some time before you realize you have an issue. This kind of leak can cause damage to your drywall, flooring, subflooring, and basement ceiling.

It is smart to keep an eye on the water supply tubing of your ice maker regularly. If you’ve already experienced water damage in your Norcross home from your refrigerator ice maker, you need help right away to prevent additional damage. SERVPRO is a professional water damage remediation company. We have trained specialists who can correct the problem and restore the damaged areas in a timely fashion. In the end, you won’t even be able to tell that anything happened.

Checking your water supply line is something you can do yourself. Carefully pull your refrigerator away from the wall. Have help doing this for safety reasons and go slow. You have to sweep away all the accumulated dust bunnies. A small diameter copper or plastic tube should be clipped to the back of your fridge which runs vertically over the surface. This is the water supply line to your ice maker. A vacuum can be used to remove the dust around the tube, and you can vacuum dust from all of the vents as well.

Inspect the tube carefully and check for signs of water on the floor. If there are any signs of stress or wear, or the tubing is more than ten years old, you should replace it with a new tube. Preferably, a flexible stainless-steel tube should be used instead of plastic, as it is much sturdier. Just like the water supply hose to your washing machine, these lines can leak or burst and create all kinds of damage before you even see the problem.

One part of the restoration process that SERVPRO staff performs is deodorization. The first step to this is getting rid of the moisture in the affected area. For some jobs, we need to use various methods of deodorization because one deodorant might not work on every odor present. We have specific production guidelines for the three primary deodorization process, which include wet fogging, dry fogging, and activated oxygen. A venting, high-velocity box fan is also used before and after the deodorization process to ventilate your structure. Using one shortens the amount of time you and your family need to be out of the area.

SERVPRO of North Lilburn can make quick work of the water damage in your home in Lilburn, Pleasant Hill, or the surrounding areas after an ice machine leak. Just give us a call at (770) as 709-3266 soon as you realize there is an issue, and we can have it all cleaned up in no time.

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