i can't believe this happened

[TheToons]

i may have mentioned that we bought a farm near my mil...the place where we will eventually build our house...it had a decent little house on it that we were/are gonna put back up for sale. the day after the big winds and temp. drop, hubby went to check for storm damage and was greeted by 6 in. of water when he opened the door:(:eek::confused::mad:
we've spent the day tearing out carpet, padding and linoleum and sucking up with the shopvac...this is a case of "if it weren't for bad luck we'd have to luck at all..."
anybody ever had to deal with something like this? any advice on something like this will be appreciated.

[daking]

What caused the water to enter the home?

[chadwimc]

I get those floods about once a month at the university where I work. Is the water sewer water? Is it clean, domestic water? First thing is to contain the source. Then remove any soaked items that can't be dried easily. Carpet, furniture, etc. The house needs to be dried and dehumidifed. Then you have to assess the flooring and walls. A tool rental place usually has those high speed floor fans for a reasonable fee. Good luck.

[TheToons]

it was a garage that they converted/added on to, and made a house. it's on a concrete pad. the pipe above the larger bath busted, so, thank God, it was all clean water! we've gotten all the flooring out, but what i'm worried about, is there still water underneath the kitchen cabinets? how do you get to that? i admitted to everybody when we talked about the housebuilding/thread that i know nothing about stuff like this. thank goodness hubby knows stuff. i just want to make sure i help him/we do everything we can to be able to put this little house back up on the market. it's sale will be one of the things that helps us build our house!
one thing for sure, i definitely know how to tear out carpet/padding/linoleum now. if it weren't for the circumstance, and the insurance not paying, i'd say it was actually kind of fun:rolleyes:
now i know how demolition experts feel:D

[Multidigits]

Buy a wet/dry vacuum and cut a hole in the bottom of each cabinet and suck it out.

[12 pointer]

If you tors all the carfet out and the cabinets are sitting on concrete, waht didn't soak into the wood and the carpet, will soak into the concrete. Id' say there is likely nothin under the cabinets by now. or shortly there will not be.

[TheToons]

thanks guys! we turned up the heat a little and turned on all the ceiling fans. everything is dry now except the drywall in the bathroom and bedroom...guess that's gonna take a little longer:(
probably/may have to redo that:(

[Bullfries]

If the drywall got wet you are better off to tear it down and replace it... Cold damp places are where mold grows. Cheaper in the long run to tear it out than to wait have the mold grow and then you will be tearing it out and paying to get rid of the mold.

[JDMiller]

thanks guys! we turned up the heat a little and turned on all the ceiling fans. everything is dry now except the drywall in the bathroom and bedroom...guess that's gonna take a little longer:(
probably/may have to redo that:(

If the drywall is in good shape but water stained... Kilz is a good product to seal & keep the stains bleeding through new paint.

Need to figure out why the line froze ...lack of heat in the area or getting cold air into the wall. Any piping run in the atic space is real vulnerable to freezing and not a whole lot to do except heat tape & insulation. If your keeping the water on but have'nt really adressed the freezing issue... might be a good idea to set one of the fixtures to slow drip both hot & cold thats at the end of the line.

If no one is living there..but did'nt want to completly winterize the plumbing and not run any heat... I'd at least shut off & drain the hot water heater and open the hot water side of a faucet to give air and let the hot water drain back into the tank. Any water trapped to pontentially freeze in the piping will have room to travel and usually wont break pipe & fittings. Hot water will freeze more often than the cold water piping.

We have more winter left.

[mason0366]

Just don't do like I did. Couple years ago rain backup in to fully finished basement. about 1 1/2 deep wet vacuumed it all up out of carpet. Running fans and dehumidifier got pretty dried up. Left and went to town dehumidifier fell over in sink turn facet on and flooded it all over again. I want to just go off and cry!! Had start all over again. :mad: