Go
Community› The Nest Message Boards› Cleaning & Organizing
Cleaning & Organizing
New Discussion
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

Our basment flooded while we were out of town!

LogansmommieLogansmommie member
Fifth Anniversary
in Cleaning & Organizing
We were out of town for 4 days over thanksgiving and we came home to find a pipe attacthed to our sump pump broke and was pumping the water into our basement.  There was about an inch of water at the deepest spot.  We do not have a finished basement, but we do use it alot so we have several large area rugs which are all soked. 

We have a carpet cleaner and so we sucked up as much water as we could from the rugs, but they are still damp.  I would love to avoid throwing them away, but I am not sure how to get them clean and dry and get rid of any mildew or mold that may be growing.  What should I do?  Thanks!!
Lilypie Fifth Birthday tickers
Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
Image and video hosting by TinyPic
Report Reply to Post

Re: Our basment flooded while we were out of town!

  • LogansmommieLogansmommie member
    Fifth Anniversary
    We have been using the suction mode only on the cleaner.  I am going to try to run it agian today and see if I can get any more.  We thought about putting them outside, but I am afraid they might freeze. 
    Lilypie Fifth Birthday tickers
    Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    Report Reply
  • Temp6313048411121614Temp6313048411121614
    Ditto this.  My mom's carpet cleaner (which we'll have for a while now) doesn't have a suction only option, but you should be able to just not fill it with water (unless yours does have that option).  Set them out if it's warm enough, the sun will kill any mold that's starting to grow (make sure to sun both sides, it's the rays that kill it).  GL, that really sucks.  Broken pipes would be bad enough, but while you're OOT is just terrible, hopefully nothing is ruined.
    Report Reply
  • edielauraedielaura
    I concur with PPs suggestions, but I just wanted to say good luck OP!  That's such an extreme inconvenience (which is putting it lightly).
    image
    Happy, the best dog ever. ~February 1998 - July 22, 2012
    I am "deaf-initely" one of a kind.
    Follow me on Pinterest
    Report Reply
  • lovethebeach16lovethebeach16 member
    I used to work for a restoration company and we would tell people who didn't want to file a claim/have us come out to remove all of the water, have fans blowing on everything until completely dry, and then see if you can purchase some type of anti-microbial cleaner (you should be able to find one online). Put the cleaner on the floor and walls and it should hinder any mold from growing.
    image
    Married / The Cookaholic Wife
    Report Reply
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards

theknot.com

thebump.com

More from XO Group: Chinese.Weddings.com | Beach.Weddings.com | Destination.Weddings.com

© 1997 – 2011 The Nest
Help | About Us | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Log In | Log Out