When water damages are not attended to immediately or thoroughly, it leads to “secondary damage”.  Secondary damage is usually more expensive and inconvenient and generally occurs when property owners or managers try and dry out their own premises without help from professional remediators.  Secondary water damage can also happen when extensive time has elapsed and water intrusion has drifted behind walls and begun to wick through drywall, carpet and other building materials.  When water intrudes to these areas without professional remediation, it often results in inevitable mold issues when the untracked moisture is met with heat and other factors that facilitate microbial growth.