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When your home is flooded the first thing you are expected to do is act immediately to identify and shut-off and control the source of the water. It makes little sense to begin restoration work before identifying and eliminating the water source.
Next, quickly remove furnishings etc that may cause stains or can damage the carpet.
And lastly, contact a professional restoration technician to dry the wet flooded carpet.
Extraction of excess water should begin immediately and if a professional team is called to dy wet flooded carpet, it should be completely dry within 12 hours. If this suggestion is not followed, the development of several types of bacteria and fungi that may negatively affect human health are likley to increase. And it is to reduce the possibility of this situation that the application of a disinfectant is recommended.
Water attack or water intrusion causing damage to your carpet is one of the most difficult situations a homeowner can face. And the worst part is that there is no standard procedure available that can be used to deal with every type of flooding crises. Each situation must be individually evaluated on a case to case basis. Every flooding situation will have its own typical problems.
However there are a number of standard questions that need to be addressed in evaluating the proper procedure that should be followed to ensure that the carpet can be brought back to its pre-flood or at least nearly pre-flooded status. The most preliminary question that must be addressed is identifying the type of flooding that has occurred - sanitary, or unsanitary. We will take both of them up at a time and addressing possible solutions for each situation.
The most important thing to remember is that the flooded carpet should be first be treated with a disinfectant after excess water is being extracted. In majority of situations we have observed that the homeowners are of the view that the wet flooded carpet should be replaced if flooding situation strikes and their carpet is damaged in it, but this is usually not necessary in sanitary flooding. If few simple steps are followed it will ensure that the carpet can be returned to pre-flood conditions.
Another thing that should be taken care of is the traffic. Foot falls on the wet carpet should be kept to a minimum until the carpet dries completely. The adhesive or latex that holds the primary and secondary backings of a carpet together gets weakened when the carpet gets flooded and using the carpet under this condition may cause further damage. The latex gets back the strength to a greate extent after drying, after which it is safe to use.
To conclude, to avoid replacing the carpet after flood has damaged it, it can be restored to its nearly original status, provided some basic guidelines are followed.
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