What to do if you have a flood in your home or business

Have ever woke up to a flood in your home or business ? Well here is a description of what to do. First you want to remove all standing water asap. Pick up a shop vac and suck up all standing water, if for some reason there is to much water to suck up with the equipment you have please call a professional company. go to www.azcarpetandtilecleaning.com if you need help. Do not hesitate because of cost because if you don't get it up right away you will cost yourself a lot more money in the end.

Once you have removed all standing water proceed to next step. Depending on what flooring you have you have, you will need to handle it in different ways. Lets start with carpet you will first need to pick carpet and get the wet pad out or dry depending on how wet it is. you will also need to check moisture in the walls touching carpet because water will travel up the wall possible up 4 ft so you will need a moisture reading to let you know if walls are moist. If walls have moisture then you must do 2 things both will work. You can remove the drywall, baseboard and replace or you can drill holes about 6 inches from each other at bottom of wall and put fans with adapters into holes to dry.

Water will continue to go from top to bottom so that is why you dry from bottom to top. Remember if you cant handle this procedure then call a professional. You must dry out anything that has water or moisture as fast as possible to prevent mold or fungus from growing which will create a bigger problem for you. Everything must be dry before putting back (carpet,pad and drywall ect).

 Lets talk tile you might get lucky in the fact there is concrete between you slab and the tile, however you might have to deal with a moisture problem if it gets to much water it can pop up tiles in which you will have to re install new ones. If the tile has not popped up then you should be fine just make sure you check that you have removed all water and put down fans to dry floor asap. You will also have to do a moisture reading on your walls because there is a chance your tile is installed right and the grout didn't let to much water soak in and all water went right to the edges of the room.

Now for all you wood owners you will have a problem if you have flood. Once water hits wood usually it will start to buckle or warp. If that happens you must install brand new pieces. It is very hard to keep a wood floor from getting damaged with water so do your best to get up all water asap and watch floor closely if there is no buckling or warping then you should be fine. The faster you get the water up and floor dry and anything else the water has touch you should be fine, if you take your time and go slow then you could have a mold or fungus problem so please make the right choice and act fast. Hope this helps you and remember if you ever need to replace any flooring please visit www.azcarpetandtileinstallation.com .