If water is still entering
If you can safely identify and isolate a plumbing or appliance source, stopping additional water can reduce damage. Do not enter standing water around energized electrical equipment, unstable ceilings or other unsafe conditions.
Document before conditions change
Source area
Photograph the suspected source and the route water appears to have traveled.
Rooms and levels
Take wide photos that establish location, then closer photos of wet materials or damage.
Time
Record when water was discovered, whether it is still flowing and any known duration.
Visible damage is not always the moisture boundary
Water can move below flooring, behind baseboards, through wall cavities, under cabinets and to lower levels.
First-Party Field Evidence
See how the investigation actually looks in the field.
SDM Field Case 001 connects thermal screening, comparative moisture measurements, selective demolition, exposed commercial assemblies and psychrometric monitoring into one documented evidence chain.
The photographs are not used to claim more than they establish. Thermal images are described as temperature anomalies unless moisture is independently corroborated.