Ventura CA Water Damage Restoration

You’ve just been hit by a storm or plumbing failure and water is everywhere.  What’s next?  It’s critical that you notify your insurance company and immediately bring in professional water damage restoration specialists to properly take care of flood damage.  Or perhaps there’s been a smaller leak, appliance breakdown, or sewage backup in your Ventura, California home or business.  Anything more than a small amount of water quickly soaks below flooring, up walls, and into the inner structure of the building. Even with extra ventilation natural evaporation takes weeks, but progressive damage and the need for mold remediation begins almost immediately.

Regal can begin to put your mind at ease right away with super-fast arrivals at your Ventura location in just 30 minutes.  That’s anytime, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  You can count on our highly-trained crews and advanced equipment to get the job done properly with everything returned to pre-loss condition as quickly as possible.

About Flood Damage

Whether from nature’s wrath or a bathtub overflow, water penetrates way beyond what you can see or feel.  It lingers for weeks, even during Ventura summers, leading to mold growth, warped (and even decaying) wood, drywall disintegrating, and other secondary damage in a matter of days and continues long afterward.  It’s all preventable, and that’s why insurance companies require all the right drying and disinfection measures if later losses are to be covered.

We base our services on the amount of water and the source of water according to  ANSI/IICRC standards and guidelines (https://www.iicrc.org/standards/iicrc-s500/).  The degree of flooding falls into 4 categories.

1. Only part of a room is affected, with no or only a small area of wet carpet.  Lifting flooring and surface drying may be adequate.
2. Flooring is soaked in one or more rooms, water has wicked a foot or more up walls and reached framing and insulation.  In addition to surface water extraction structural drying is a must.
3. Flooring, the lower part of walls, and insulation are saturated.  Extensive drying procedures are clearly necessary.
4. Less porous materials such as stone are also saturated, calling for extremely aggressive drying methods.

The nature of the flooding determines the level of disinfection and worker protection required.  There are 3 categories.

1. Sanitary sources directly from drinking-water plumbing.
2. Gray water has contamination, such as from a broken dishwasher or Category 1 that’s been around for 24 hours or longer.
3. Black water is highly unsanitary and comes from sources such as toilet overflows and sewage backups.  But natural flooding is also Category 3 as it’s picked up countless bacteria, viruses, and fungi from the soil.