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The Difference Between Primary and Secondary Damage in Your Vero Beach, FL Property
3/13/2022 (Permalink)
This saturated carpet is a very good example of primary damage from water loss.
Our content emphasizes the importance of taking swift action after water damage has occurred to your Indian River County property to help avoid “secondary damage”. In this post, we would like to take the time to give a clear understanding of the difference between “primary” and “secondary” damage.
Primary damage is just as the term insinuates. It is the most immediate damage that occurs during a water loss. It is usually the most visible and detectable to our moisture measuring equipment. Some examples of primary water damage include buckling floors, saturated carpet/pad, drywall damage, and more.
Secondary damage is the damage that occurs after the water loss. It is usually the long-term effect of not mitigating the primary damage promptly. It is typically less obvious than primary damage. Some examples of secondary damage include damage to rooms adjacent to the loss site from water migration and mold.
The key to reducing the risk of secondary damage is to mitigate the primary damage as quickly as possible. That is why we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year- making us “Faster to Any Size Disaster”!
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