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This training guide outlines the correct steps for extracting water from both carpeted and hard surface areas during a water mitigation project. You&rsquo;ll learn how to identify the affected materials, choose the appropriate extraction tools, and follow proper techniques for efficient and thorough water removal. This process is critical to minimizing further damage, speeding up drying times, and ensuring job documentation is accurate. By the end of this training, you&rsquo;ll understand how to safely and effectively extract water in a way that supports the overall mitigation process and meets industry standards.

Extract Water from Carpet and Hard Surfaces

Walk through the affected area using a moisture meter to determine the affected areas

Assess the affected area

Assess the contents in the area and move and protect as needed
<ul>
<li>Determine if a pack out is needed</li>
<li>Move to unaffected areas</li>
<li>Use Foam blocks to protect the bottom of the furniture</li>
<li>Cover and protect with heavy Plastic( at least 4 mil)</li>
</ul>
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Deal with contents in the affected area

Tools Needed:
<ul>
<li>Moisture Meter</li>
<li>Extraction unit(Portable, or Truck mount)</li>
<li>Weighted Extractor</li>
<li>Cover Guard for Extraction Wand</li>
<li>Squeegee</li>
<li>Floor mats for wood floors</li>
</ul>
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Ensure all required tools are available

Make sure to take photos of any pre-existing damages BEFORE you do anything!
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Take photos of any pre-existing damages

Extracting Hard Surface areas
<ul>
<li>Hardwood Flooring</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>Use floor panels and attach the hose to extract from Hardwood</li>
</ol>
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<ul>
<li>Painted Concrete/Epoxy floor-</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>Use a squeegee if possible to direct the water to one location</li>
<li>Use metal wand with a protector to extract the water</li>
</ol>
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Extract water on hard surface areas

Heavy vs Standard Extraction:
<ul>
<li>The number 1 step in drying as quick as possible, is through extraction.</li>
</ul>
When the area is saturated, using heavy extraction methods will remove much more water, especially from the pad.
<ul>
<li>If pad is being discarded, Heavy Extraction makes the Pad much lighter to carry</li>
</ul>
If the area is not heavily saturated, the standard Extraction is enough to remove as much water as needed to dry effectively
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Select to use Heavy or Standard Extraction on carpet

After through extraction, remove the pad if needed
<ul>
<li>Use heavy 3 mil garbage bags</li>
<li>Do not overfill, as wet pad is very heavy</li>
<li>Tie off the bags before moving and make sure there are no leaks, if there are, double bag it</li>
</ul>
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If necessary remove carpet pad

When pad is removed, often times it may be necessary to extract any water that dripped from the pad
<ul>
<li>When the carpet is laid back out, do a quick re-extraction to make sure any residual water from the pad is removed</li>
</ul>
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Re-extract after pad removal

Once the area is thoroughly extracted and all pad that was removed is out of the home, it is time to place the drying equipment needed
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