So I have not put up any posts since the flood, but as you can imagine, we have been very busy. Mostly, this was in the form of “catching up” with things that got behind during the flood. Also, we took on several large janitorial cleaning accounts. The timing of which was not that good, since the city was FULL of sand.
Sand everywhere!
We finished cleaning a home that had some water in the basement. It was not by any means a total disaster but the carpet got wet and needed attention.
To start, we deflood the carpet by using a carpet cleaner to extract as much water as possible. In this case, there was no standing water but the carpet pad absorbs 5-10 times its weight in water. This saturated pad is very heavy and is very wet. We start by extracting all the water we can from the top of the carpet.
Then, we pull the carpet back and extract more water from the pad. In this case, the pad was ruined and beginning to disintegrate from the moisture. This room was around 250 square feet and we were able to remove around 50 gallons of water from the carpet and pad. Imagine dumping a 50 gallon drum of water over your basement carpet. The amount of water is deceptive.
Next, the pad is cut up into small sections and removed in large garbage bags. The last steps involve using high power fans to aid in drying the wet carpet, along with high power dehumidifiers to remove moisture from the building material and the floor. We use dehumidifiers that remove up to 15 gallons of water per day.
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