| Immediate Building Flood Removal Service & Basement Flood Removal Service for building leaks & flooded basements is necessary to prevent mold removal service. This means within 24-36 hours all of the critical steps need to be taken if you want to maximize the chance of avoiding a costly mold removal service. |
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Stop the flood water entry. Salvage or protect furnishings or possessions which have not yet gotten wet by moving them to dry areas.
Remove flood water. Use special commercial flood removal pumping equipment for building flood removal service, house flood removal service, basement flood removal service, cellar flood removal service, crawlspace flood removal service & carpet flood removal service.
Remove wet carpets, furniture, contents, and boxes of wet stored items. Store items to be salvaged from the flooded building outside or in a garage, not in upper floors of the flooded building. Otherwise you may accidentally carry mold or other contaminants to other building areas.
Remove floor trim and lower portions of walls (such as wet drywall or wet paneling) (at least 12") and any wet wall insulation, in rooms with wet floors or flooded floors. Porous materials like wet drywall or wet plaster walls can't effectively be cleaned and should be discarded.
Determine how much wet drywall to remove after flooding removal. If a floor was wet, even if water did not rise up the walls, we remove no less than the bottom 12" of drywall as well as any floorboard trim. Flood water on a floor surface enters and wets the wall cavity and often causes a significant but hidden mold damage problem in the wall cavity. If mold is visible on a drywall covered wall, we remove drywall to no less than 12" above any visible mold damage, including inspecting the wall cavity interior for visible mold damage.
Remove upper portions of wet wall coverings (wet drywall or wet paneling) higher than 12" if these areas are wet, or if water entered the wall cavity from above.
Remove wet ceilings that have been flooded from above, regardless of material such as wet plaster, wet drywall, or wet ceiling tiles. Suspended ceiling tiles which have been wet should also be discarded, and the remaining suspended ceiling tiles removed to permit inspection and drying as well as to inspect for evidence of water overhead.
If mold damage is already visible or suspected, use containment to avoid air movement from the mold damaged area to other building areas. Containment generally means negative air and poly plastic barriers are set up and other steps are taken to isolate a moldy or dusty work area from the rest of a building.
Surface Cleaning: After building flood removal or basement flood removal and wall removal, all remaining loose dirt and debris is removed, and the remaining exposed surfaces such as wall studs and framing, masonry walls, floors, plywood sheathing, is cleaned.
Surface Disinfection: After flooding it is safe practice to assume that septic or sewage contaminants accompanied the floodwaters, so disinfection of all building surfaces is part of the flood removal & flood cleaning process.
Use dehumidifiers, fans, heaters, to dry the exposed building areas and surfaces.
Inspect upper building areas and dry or ventilate them. Depending on weather conditions, ventilation & drying includes use of dehumidifiers and fans. A building attic over a flooded basement is likely to have an excessive moisture level so that area needs inspection and may need venting & drying also.
Call FLOOD FORCE for Commercial Building Flood Removal Service, House Flood Removal Service, Basement Flood Removal Service, Crawlspace Flood Removal Service, Cellar Flood Removal Service & Carpet Flood Removal Service. CALL 1-800-786-4079 |
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