Given instructions for flood cleanup

Many homes and businesses were affected by recent floods.

There are many questions and flood recovery may be a slow process around. Care must be taken into account before and during the cleaning process. Due to flooding may contain biological contaminants that may remain after the first treatment of sewage and there are some precautions you can take to protect yourself and your family. It is important to be children, sick relatives and pets from the area affected by the floods cleaning complete hold. Making sure that you. Current on their vaccinations, especially Tetanus

Because of what you try, it is imperative that you have good protection. You should wear rubber boots, rubber gloves and safety goggles during cleanup. Use a mask with an N-95 or P-100 label. Even better, but more expensive is a piece of half-mask with removable media. People with asthma, allergies or other breathing conditions may be more sensitive to mold exposure and the problem may be. If your health is affected in any way, is not a safe environment for you.

Upholstered furniture, mattresses or pillows that were submerged, are almost impossible to recover. If the room seems worth the effort to save, see pages 5, 16 and 17 of the extension publication appears at the end of this article. The mattress can be sent to a commercial enterprise renewal for cleaning and disinfection, but can buy less expensive new. Items such as stuffed animals, baby toys, pillows, foam rubber, cosmetics, wall coverings, books, and most paper products should be removed and discarded.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends the following procedures will be followed to avoid pumping a basement serious damage, collapse or injury:

• Start the pump when the water no longer outside of the ground.

• Pump a foot of water. Check the water level and wait overnight.

• Check the water level the next day. When the level again and covered courts, it is too early to drain your basement.

• Wait 24 hours and then pumping water for a new foot. Check the next day the amount.

• If the water in the basement listening to return their brand, pump two or three feet and wait overnight.

• Repeat daily until all groundwater.

After MU State Extension Housing and Environment Specialist Michael Goldschmidt, water usually migrate from drywall, wood structure and insulation. It is rapidly absorbed into the insulation, so you should at removing drywall and insulation on the floor beside a minimum plan. If water in the basement dehumidifiers and fans have 13 to 15 moisture in the tunnels under the assumption there are tunnels underground percent to obtain. To measure the moisture content of the walls, the use of a moisture-measuring device which measures the humidity inside the material, not just the surrounding air. You can borrow a moisture meter Most local centers at the University of Missouri Extension. If the basement wall is concrete and wood with no nails outdoor / indoor air at this level (as in a basement walk-out), but you must all drywall and insulation that will be in the rafters above remove the next floor should be fine if You blow dehumidified immediately and fans at home. The air humidity must be controlled inside and maintained continuously below 50 percent.

Clean all hard surfaces with hot water and laundry or dish detergent. Allow it to dry thoroughly before disinfection. You can speed up the drying process by using fans and dehumidifiers. After initial cleaning and drying, it is important to disinfect these objects and surfaces with ½ cup, but no more than 1 cup of bleach in a quart of water. Never bleach with other cleaning agents mixed. After disinfecting surfaces must be carefully dried again.

Clothes that have been contaminated by flood or sewage in hot water and detergent. When cleaning is finished, wash your hands with warm water and soap. If you get sick at any time during the cleaning, consult a doctor immediately.

Extension site has a free guide, MP904, resources for your home flooded extension.missouri.edu/p/MP904 available for download. It provides information on the electrical systems, repair of walls, furniture, cleaning floors and floor coverings, bedding , cookware and control and mold. There is also information about financial advice, filing insurance claims, avoiding fraud and hiring a contractor.

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