Step By Step Procedures for

Saving a Flood Damaged

Carpet

If you've recently experienced a flood in

your home and your carpets have become

waterlogged, then time is of the essence,

the longer your carpet stays wet the more

likely the fibers are to completely detach

from the backing and end up looking like

it's been through a shredder.

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Of course, this wouldn't have to happen to

the whole carpet, if even just a few small

sections, detached, it would mean complete

replacement. So, it's important to get the

water pumped out of your house and a crew

working on extracting every drop of water

from the carpet as soon as possible.

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The type of water that has flooded your

carpet is fairly important because if it comes

from a clean water source, such as a broken

water pipe, sink overflow or other type of

water that starts out being clean, then it

leaves no contaminants in your carpet.

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A real disaster would be any

kind of raw sewage from a

plugged sewer pipe or

anything such as a river or

street flood that would carry

large amounts of

contaminants complicating

the procedure immensely

for cleaning purposes.

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If the water is not contaminated by outside

soil or sewage, then simply removing all

standing water with pumps, then vacuuming

the carpet with water extraction equipment,

similar to high-powered wet vacs, should be

plenty adequate in removing the water.

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In cases where the carpet has been

contaminated with bacteria infested sewage,

or outside water, chances are fairly good that

the carpet will need to be completely

replaced with new, and the sub-floor will

have to be treated with disinfectant after all

the water has been extracted.

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As you can see, due to the importance of

quick action, and use of high-powered

industrial tools, a professional flood damage

and carpet restoration company is definitely

needed for this type of project.

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