Newcastle Apartment Burst Pipe & Structural Drying

A burst flexible hose connector failed overnight, releasing water into the apartment for several hours before the tenant discovered it.

Moisture mapping and thermal imaging identified saturation in the bathroom, hallway and living area walls and subfloor, with migration into the unit below.

Water had migrated through the bathroom, hallway and two living areas, saturating carpet, underlay and lower wall sections across approximately 60m².

Extract standing water, remove saturated carpet and underlay, deploy injected drying to wall cavities, monitor daily to dry standard, then reinstate.

Water extraction, moisture mapping, carpet and underlay removal, injected wall cavity drying, monitoring and reinstatement of carpet, skirting and lower plasterboard.

Property returned to dry standard and fully reinstated. Final drying report provided for insurance.