Experts for Water Restoration in Queens Residences

4/25/2023 (Permalink)

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Psychrometry to Improve Water Restoration Speed

Drying up a home or apartment in the city takes more than having the equipment to meet the demand. Therefore, we educate our SERVPRO field team in psychrometry or the behavior of water in disaster situations. An understanding of this topic is critical for effective and efficient restoration practices. 

Understanding the Behavior of Water 

Water restoration for Queens homes hinges significantly on understanding how water behaves in specific situations. Environmental factors, impacted materials, and the volume of water can all play an essential part in how we prepare to overcome the impact of water moving and migrating through a residence. The principles of psychrometry include the following: 

• Wet Goes to Dry - One of the clearest examples of psychrometry is water migration to the dry materials around it. Pooling water continually spreads as long as possible, making containment vital in managing drying zones. 
• Hot Goes to Cold - Temperature plays an essential factor in the drying process, so when the heat of an area is moving to find cooler spaces, the drying process slows. Regulating temperature is vital to dry wet rooms effectively. 
• High Pressure Seeks Low Pressure - Wet materials have a higher pressure than the dry air around these impacted elements. Evaporation pushes high pressure to these low-pressure regions, raising the humidity.  

Using Psychrometry to Speed Up Drying

We can better establish an effective and efficient recovery solution by understanding what to expect from water and how the structure responds to the drying processes. For example, knowing how humidity and trapped moisture migrate in the household, we can manipulate conditions to promote continual and steady evaporative drying. 

Our educated and experienced SERVPRO of Forest Hills / Ridgewood team can help with end-to-end water damage cleanup and drying. Call us at (718) 381-3702.