EBG 18T [Eric]

yesterday while we were at work. We keep the house at 65-70 deg during the winter, but it appears one of the water pipes to the 2nd floor bathroom was run in the wall that has the exhaust fan for the first bathroom and will all this wind and cold weather the past couple days froze pipe.

Needless to say sine the pipe burst in the 2nd floor wall which flooded the 1rst floor ceiling and lead to a flood of the first floor and thru that floor down to the basement. We had about 8" of water in the basement, about 3" water on the first floor and it is still dripping thru the floor.

Parts of the kitchen celing were sitting on the floor when we got home it is just a disaster.

So my question is how do you make sure that everything is properly dried out and that you don't develop mold from everythign being wet? The insurance company is sending out a cleaning crew today sometime to help us. But i want to make sure it is done right. Any insight or suggestions?

Casablanca Avant

what they do so maybe they have some info on their site? Sorry to hear about the burst pipe, that really sucks. let me know if there is anything I can do to help

EBG 18T [Eric]

They are here right now. Currently gutting the kitchen. My floor is gonna be in the back yard. :-(

s4for5_TTfor2

I can only tell you that the only way to properly mitigate the damage is to strip ALL the wet ceilings and walls down to the studs.
Any wet insulation must be removed asap.
Don't accept just having them dried out via fans.
It will haunt you later when hidden mold develops.
Take many pictures and inventory your items immediately.
Sorry for your troubles

Casablanca Avant

Ugh, sorry to hear that.

Ray Khan

I paid an HVAC guy almost a grand to come last week and diagnose the problem, and then come again this week to change parts. Only to find out the gas pressure to my boiler was low. Gas company came out and put some dry gas in the line, gave me a new meter and I have heat again. I was told by the HVAC guy that the gas company ends up putting propane in the lines during the winter when supply is low and that crap will freeze. I could have been up and running cheap and quickly if the HVAC guy tested the line pressure from the get go. I'm tempted to have someone install an inline valve on my main line so I know in the future.

EBG 18T [Eric]

on wed-thursday assuming things dry out to start taking out the sheetrock.

EBG 18T [Eric]

thanks for the tips. they are suppose to be back this week to start taking sheet rock down.