| Water damage and flooding affects one out of four | | | | can compromise your health in many ways. If parts of |
| homes sometime during the course of a typical | | | | your home remain wet or damp for two days in a |
| 30-year mortgage. And according to Utah water | | | | row, mold, bacteria, and viruses will begin to grow in |
| damage service statistics, you are almost three times | | | | your home. Inhaling this type of air can cause illness, |
| as likely to have a flood in your home as you are to | | | | infections, allergic reactions, and permanent lung |
| have a fire. When flooding hits us, though, we're still | | | | damage. Some people have lasting effects years |
| surprised, still horribly dismayed, and still wondering why | | | | after a flood due to inhaling the unhealthy air of a |
| it happened to us. It is safer to call a professional Utah | | | | flooded building. |
| water damage service than to try and clean it yourself | | | | Surprisingly, the air quality in your home after a flood |
| without the proper protection equipment. | | | | can be the biggest threat to your health, although most |
| Flooding in Utah often occurs in basements during | | | | people don't even consider this hidden risk of walking |
| periods of high rain, as well as due to other | | | | into a flooded home. There are several kinds of mold |
| cataclysmic factors. And the damage from a flood, | | | | that may be growing in your home after even a minor |
| unlike damage due to fire, can often be hidden under | | | | flood. The mold will grow in your walls, under your |
| carpet and behind walls, moldering away. This damage | | | | carpet, in bedding, under sinks, and in other areas. |