Water damage happens a lot of different ways.Ways such as your toilet overflowing, or your sink, or your dishwasher, or a washing machine, or worse a busted pipe.  You never expect it to happen, but when it does, you have to take some immediate steps to prevent further damage.  Eventually you will want to call a water damage cleanup company, but before they get there, do these important steps.  This is coming from years of experience as a water damage San Diego company.

First off, you have to prevent any possibility of electrocution.  You need to shut off all power to any flooded areas.The water restoration company should know how to walk you through doing that.

Second, you will want to stop any more water.You can do this by cutting off the source of water that caused the flooding.

Third, is you will want to protect any furnishings from further damage.Leaving any furnishings in water will turn something that can easily repaired into a costly item that needs to be replaced.  Get them out of the water as soon as possible.

Those are the things you have to do without hesitation before you even think about calling a water damage service.But once those things are done and you have called a water damage restoration company, here are some more things you need to do.

You want to get rid of as much water as possible by using a large towel or mopping to take up as much water as you can.  Remember, the longer any wall or furniture or flooring is exposed to water, the greater the damage can be including mold damage.

Next, you have to wipe off all the moisture from any furniture.Once again what you are trying to do is reduce as much damage as you can

Also you have to remove any wet area rugs, or whatever else you find on the floor of the wet areas.

Finally you will want to open the closet doors and dresser drawers and anything else that can be opened which will allow the air to circulate.

Doing these things will allow you to minimize as much damage as possible prior to calling the water damage repair company.   This will also minimize the costs and save you a lot of money in the long run.