Tips for best cleaning results after a flood - FOX 14 TV Joplin and Pittsburg ...

Joplin, Missouri -

140 liters of rain seeping through the basement, soaking the carpet and quickly fill neighbors.

"It was wet when you entered the water, he came to your shoes," says A-1 Carpet & Tile Cleaning owner Bob Miller.

If you are facing a similar situation, it is best, so Miller will call you an expert.

"It is very important that you to dry the carpet as quickly as possible, otherwise you'll problems with the shape and the other what we have to deal with is to deal the odor problems as well. If you are in this odor problems during filter the house and that's not something you want. "

You might even be able to save your furniture when you can act quickly.

"These are the legs we more about why she wants to get it on the carpet as quickly as possible. And if you do not get blocked, and place it will grow under your legs and carpet."

Use fans and dehumidifiers commercial Miller says a typical cellar takes about four to six days to dry.

"We are called floating carpet, where we from the side bottom to top, the moisture do dehumidifier recording, then upload the sink."

Before starting the cleaning to take pictures to document the damage and call your customization file a claim.

Miller said: "I had insurance that the major problem we had was that the water seeps through We could not had to arrive for the first day rain had stopped up after waiting for he endured migration through walls ... ".

Even before entering your home, be sure to turn off all utilities, when the water reaches over the outlets and call an electrician.

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