Building Containment to Protect Unaffected Areas - Water Damage

4/10/2017 (Permalink)

The customer was ecstatic that he was able to cook in his kitchen without fear of dust in his food while our crews worked just a few feet away

Sometimes our crews need to move through unaffected areas of a home or business to get debris from the affected area to a disposal site. When that happens, our crews build containment chambers to prevent dust from spreading to the unaffected areas. Containment chambers are also built to reduce the amount of air being dried, which can speed up drying times.

On this job in Lowell, a previous homeowner improperly installed a roof by nailing through the shingles, which allowed water to come into the home. The insulation in the attic had to be removed. But the access point for the attic was in the back of the house, and the shortest path to the dumpster led through the unaffected family room and kitchen. The crews used plastic sheeting to construct containment so that the living areas would not be contaminated.