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namadio Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 12:06 AM EST
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My lakehouse flooded. Fortunately only an inch or so of water. Looks like that new flooring is coming a few years early. anyone got minor flood clean up advice? I ripped out all the trim and carpet. Cutting away bottom of drywall, more if it had moist insulation. Got a ton of those floor dryer fans, small dehumidifier pumping in the bedrooms and a big ass dehumidifier in the main area. Carpet and pad is outside already. Anything else I should be doing?
danmdevries Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 12:23 AM EST
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That's all I've ever done. When you say big dehumidifier, you talking one you rented? Or a residential one?

I've always gone to the equipment rental place and gotten a couple commercial dehumidifiers and massive fans if it's flooded in a finished area.
Cathcam13 Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 5:45 AM EST
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Good old First World Problems, like not being able to find 40/1 mix oil for your chainsaw so you grab a 50/1 for 2.5 gallons of fuel and only add 2 gallons.
Cathcam13 Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 5:54 AM EST
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Oh and Corvallis and it’s clean air act, that they pushed through the state level...... no more smoking cigars at work........😞
Ewok126 Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 7:17 AM EST
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When the wife brings home a some monkey looking thing and tells you. "It's yours to train and babysit" but yet you can't remember to eat yourself or when to bathe?
dkeage Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 7:46 AM EST
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Ewok126 wrote:
When the wife brings home a some monkey looking thing and tells you. "It's yours to train and babysit" but yet you can't remember to eat yourself or when to bathe?

Exactly why we didn't have kids....
Speyside Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 8:53 AM EST
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Spray the insulation with a germicide so mold does not have a chance to become an issue.
namadio Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 8:57 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
That's all I've ever done. When you say big dehumidifier, you talking one you rented? Or a residential one?

I've always gone to the equipment rental place and gotten a couple commercial dehumidifiers and massive fans if it's flooded in a finished area.


Yeah big commercial
dstieger Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 9:38 AM EST
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Sounds like you're on track. If you don't have one, get a moisture tester. Test every couple feet across all wood and insulation. You'd be surprised how a small area can resist your dehumidifiers. Don't paint, cover, carpet, drywall until ALL surfaces are below 13%
frankj1 Offline
#10 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 7:30 PM EST
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Cathcam13 wrote:
Good old First World Problems, like not being able to find 40/1 mix oil for your chainsaw so you grab a 50/1 for 2.5 gallons of fuel and only add 2 gallons.

that's not a first world problem, that's a problem for the landscaper...
First world problem is when the landscaper quits.


HA!
frankj1 Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2018, 7:32 PM EST
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namadio wrote:
My lakehouse flooded. Fortunately only an inch or so of water. Looks like that new flooring is coming a few years early. anyone got minor flood clean up advice? I ripped out all the trim and carpet. Cutting away bottom of drywall, more if it had moist insulation. Got a ton of those floor dryer fans, small dehumidifier pumping in the bedrooms and a big ass dehumidifier in the main area. Carpet and pad is outside already. Anything else I should be doing?

First Worlders call the insurance company and the questions above are the problem of the ServiceMaster or equivalent.

Your problem, Nick, is to hide the bourbon.

You been OK?
namadio Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Mar 8 2018, 11:16 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
First Worlders call the insurance company and the questions above are the problem of the ServiceMaster or equivalent.

Your problem, Nick, is to hide the bourbon.

You been OK?


I've been ok! Got a bad habit of putting too much on my plate. Now unfortunately this bs up north will cause some stuff to fall off. The down side is the things hitting the floor will probably be leisure time for bourbon and cigars and helping with a local school STEM robotics thing. =(
Cathcam13 Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Mar 8 2018, 6:02 PM EST
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Landscaper? No, out here we cut our own firewood. I could buy it, but I enjoy cutting down trees.
frankj1 Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Mar 8 2018, 9:02 PM EST
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Cathcam13 wrote:
Landscaper? No, out here we cut our own firewood. I could buy it, but I enjoy cutting down trees.

I was talking to first worlders...HA!
Cathcam13 Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Mar 8 2018, 10:34 PM EST
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What? Don’t enjoy a roaring fire on occasion? lol I only have to break out the firewood if we get below 20 degrees over here.
Cathcam13 Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Mar 8 2018, 10:35 PM EST
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The rest of the time, my pellet stove handles the heat for the house quite well.
frankj1 Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, Mar 8 2018, 10:36 PM EST
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Cathcam13 wrote:
What? Don’t enjoy a roaring fire on occasion? lol I only have to break out the firewood if we get below 20 degrees over here.

actually, I love that.
Cathcam13 Offline
#18 Posted: Thu, Mar 8 2018, 10:47 PM EST
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I do too, nothing quite like a good old fashioned fireplace and a recliner to kick back in
frankj1 Offline
#19 Posted: Thu, Mar 8 2018, 10:52 PM EST
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can't beat them first world problems.
Abrignac Offline
#20 Posted: Sat, Mar 10 2018, 12:15 PM EST
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namadio wrote:
My lakehouse flooded. Fortunately only an inch or so of water. Looks like that new flooring is coming a few years early. anyone got minor flood clean up advice? I ripped out all the trim and carpet. Cutting away bottom of drywall, more if it had moist insulation. Got a ton of those floor dryer fans, small dehumidifier pumping in the bedrooms and a big ass dehumidifier in the main area. Carpet and pad is outside already. Anything else I should be doing?


Shoot me a pm with your telephone number. Our entire town flooded in August of 2016. I had 5 feet of water in my house. I own a residential construction business and can tell you lots of things to look at.
DrafterX Offline
#21 Posted: Sat, Mar 10 2018, 9:58 PM EST
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If it flooded there's a really good chance it'll happen again... We've got a house in da hood we call the yellow submarine cause it gets flooded every 4 years or so... It's a two story so they just move everything up during the rainy season... Mellow
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