Furniture Restoration After a Flood Event
Furniture Restoration Professionals
Our Technicians are equipped to deal with fabric, leather or the range of wooden furniture.
Most work will be carried out in your home. With more specialised restoration, items may be taken offsite.
Melbourne Flood Emergency staff are across every requirement of this type of restoration.
Our Unique Advantage
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We are Specialist Fabric Upholstery Cleaners.
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Our Company Also Provides Quality Leather and Mattress Cleaning Combined with Great Attention to Detail.
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Access to Expert Subcontractors if Required.
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Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed.
Restoration Starts With Our Initial Inspection
When it comes to your furniture, this could be a leather lounge. Fabric upholstery or office chairs. Bookcases or wall units. Dining tables or chairs.
Water ingress affects solid wood furniture differently from plywood and compressed wood. As a general rule, expensive solid wood furniture is quite a bit easier to restore than MDF.
Restoration Real Case Study Examples
With upholstered items, the chance of restoration depends on the amount and direction of the water damage. This is explained by way of real case study examples.
Example 1
Hail has cracked your roof tiles and caused water to pour onto your fabric couches. This water will affect the interior of your lounges.
Restoration Verdict:
The likelihood of mould incubation makes it hard to restore. Not restorable.
Example 2
2 cm of water affects a fabric sofa with wooden legs. Chances are the legs are the only water affected part of this piece of furniture.
Restoration Verdict:
Easily cleaned, sanitised and restored. Restorable.
Example 3
80 cm of water affects the same type of sofa. The padding of the upholstery will be affected.
Restoration Verdict:
Our technicians can clean and sanitise the exterior of the sofa. We are not able to get at the interior padding. It is not possible to fully restore the furniture.
Example 4
Solid wood dining table has been exposed to 10 cm of water ingress.
Restoration Verdict:
In most instances we can dry, clean and sanitise the table to pre-loss condition. From time to time, we may use the services of a French Polisher to ensure a perfect result. Restorable.
Example 5
A compressed wood bookcase is immersed in 3 cm of water.
Restoration Verdict:
The base of the bookcase will suffer permanent damage as the compressed wood expands. Not restorable.
Example 6
A plywood chest of drawers is sitting in 5 cm of water.
Restoration Verdict:
The restoration of the chest of drawers will depend on the quality of the work done. Another factor will be to compare the cost of restoration against replacement. Sometimes restorable and other times not restorable.
We Have The Experience to Deal With Your Water Damaged Furniture.
The 3 Different Types of Water Damage
Our cleaning and sanitisation service will be guided by the type of water ingress.
CLEAN WATER DAMAGE
This is the easiest type of water damage for us to deal with. We use moisture meters and thermal imaging to get an accurate idea of the extent of your water ingress.
Professional inspection will show you the true damage.
Contaminated water may pose a health threat to you and your family. Making sure the water is clean helps us complete the appropriate workplace safety assessment.
GREY WATER DAMAGE
The classification of this water damage class is perhaps the most complicated. The water can initially be quite clean.
Our technicians will look at factors to determine the water classification.
As the days go by the contamination will increase to the level where it is classed as black water instead of grey.
BLACK WATER DAMAGE
This is the most severe type of water damage. It causes significant damage to contents and structures. Most of the damage cannot be restored.
This level of water damage is best left to the professionals.
Black water can have a distinct odour. There are quite often visual markers present, thus making correct classification easy.
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