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Bevb
True Blue Farmgirl
81 Posts
Bev
Moscow
ID
USA
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 Posted - Jan 21 2011 : 6:36:17 PM
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Help! Our food bank flooded - and is continuing to take on water. It's a complicated combination of high water table, old basement, broken sump pump, etc.
My question is, how can we sanitze the floors safely after the water is all dried up? We have all the food up high, and on pallets. We'll have to move everything, one spot at a time, and scrub and clean the floor. But the pallets are wet, and I'm afraid of mold forming.
The building was built in the 1890's and everything leaks like a seive!
So is bleach just my best option at this point? |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2011 : 6:43:39 PM
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Honestly, Bev- I know Moscow and how mold grows like it is given fertilizer. I would recommend at the minimum calling a local flood restoration company and asking their advise- but ideally I would have a professional clean it. I know that would be more money that could be used to help the community but perhaps one of the local business would do some pro bono work?
Alee
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Nanniekim
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Arizona
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Posted - Jan 22 2011 : 5:33:45 PM
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We had a flood in our home where we had to strip everything down to bare studs. We used fans to dry everything and then had to spray the wood with some stuff that kills mold and odors. I wish I could remember what it was called. I think we got it at Home Depot and it came by the gallon which we diluted and sprayed with a gallon sprayer that we also got at Home Depot. When everything dried we were able to replace the drywall and never had a problem with mold. Sorry again about the brain-lapse regarding the name but if you went to a hardware store someone should be able to help you.
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Bevb
True Blue Farmgirl
81 Posts
Bev
Moscow
ID
USA
81 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2011 : 7:37:40 PM
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Thanks ladies.
The biggest part of the problem is that it's still coming in. Cracks in the old floor, and the creek is higher than the basement floor.
So after 7 days straight of vac-mopping, I'm exhausted.
We made progress today - got all the soggy stuff out, and slogged bleach around and vacuumed that up with the yucky water.
We're a bit lucky - all the food/etc is at least 10" above the floor, and the walls are concrete. So it could be much worse.
Thanks
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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