Document Recovery

10/19/2021 (Permalink)

Document Recovery

Did you recently experience a burst pipe or similar flooding incident at your DFW home or business? If so, you may now be facing some very unfortunate water damage issues, including finding a host of wet documents. Some papers that you may find damaged by water include business files, financial records, and legal documents. Fortunately, help is available. If this flooded paperwork is highly important to you or your team on a professional level, you will want to learn about these three ways that restoration specialists handle document recovery.

1. Document Drying

If something is wet, the most natural solution is to dry it if possible in an attempt to save the item. Restoration professionals will often freeze-dry documents to make sure that they have the best chance of being recovered. Vacuum-based freeze-drying is often the best method to restore highly important business paperwork.

2. Deodorization and Sterilization

Since wet paper can be exposed to bacteria, mold colonies and other unwanted infections, most technicians will take steps to deodorize and sterilize wet documents after they are dried. Gamma irradiation is one technique that is often used with great success. Deodorizing and sterilizing help the papers to smell clean and be rid of any infestations.

3. Digital Storage

A full-service water damage company will offer you digitizing services so you can preserve your wet documents. This helps to protect you against future losses, and may allow you to maintain a record of any newly damaged documentation that could not be salvaged. As an extra bonus, you can choose to go paperless and free up storage space in your office if desired.

Understanding that help is available will help you to stay calm and hopeful when you find your business littered with soggy documents after a water disaster. It is better to get professional help than to attempt to fix what could be complex damage on your own.