Kitchen is one of the parts of your house that is prone to water damage. Simply because water damage is not only due to flood but it can be due to leaky or burst pipes, defective dishwater and overflowing sinks. Water damage restoration should be performed immediately in order to avoid further damage and restore you properties. Water coming from sinks and dishwater are classified as brown water. Brown water is that water that may be contaminated by some viruses and bacteria that can affect your health. Before starting a water damage restoration for your kitchen, you must practice safety. Make sure that you are wearing protective gears like rubber boots, gloves and protective goggles to avoid direct contact with water. Be sure to turn off electricity first to avoid electrocution. If some other appliances are still connected to their sockets, unplug them and transfer them to other area where you can check, repair and restore them. Appliances and utensils that were not damaged by water should be relocated immediately. They might get wet and damaged during the activity. Dispose foods that were left in the kitchen, especially those inside your refrigerator that was affected by contaminated water. Dispose meats, fruits and vegetables inside your freezer. Exposed food from cardboard boxes should be discarded as well. Bottled water and drinks when exposed to contaminated water should be disposed and should not be consumed. Canned goods can be kept if there is no sign of seepage. Otherwise, they should be disposed as well. Cooking tools and utensils should be washed thoroughly with bleach and detergent dissolved in warm water. Use disinfectant and rinse well. Metal utensils like spoon and fork and other metal cooking utensils can be immersed in hot water in order to kill germs and bacteria. Once all the cooking tools and utensils are cleaned, disinfected and dried out, relocate them in other part of the house which is dry and not affected. Now, you are ready to dry the whole kitchen. Start from the top like kitchen sink, table, etc. Excess water in the floor depending on volume should be moved out. If there is standing water, you may need a sump pump to expedite the water damage restoration. Otherwise, you can use wet vacuum to remove water. Once excess water is removed, mop the floor with bleach and disinfectant. Pay attention to the corners where there can be seepage of contaminated water. After disinfection, it's now time to dry your kitchen. Opening the windows can help air to circulate properly. Using fan will also help for fast drying. Water damage restoration can really be a tiring job. Not to mention that not everyone know how to do it by themselves. It will be wiser to hire a water damage restoration service to do the job for you. They will take care of everything, and make sure that the water damage restoration will be done right at the first time.
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