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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 69739" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Sorry for your woes. We had a flooded basement a few years back during a storm that dumped 6 inches in one hour. It was so bad a few homes had their basement walls collapse.</p><p></p><p>There are professional services that will come in and do any needed part of the process. We removed water, carpet, and put in fans and dehumidifiers ourselves. They came in when the smell started and sprayed which stopped the mildew growth (likely the smell you are smelling). They also have meters to determine moisture content and based on readings set up two huge fans in addition to what we were already running. in my opinion, it was well worth having them do the spraying as it stopped it dead in its tracks. I have asthma and difficult child has had two sinus surgeries so this was necessary.</p><p></p><p>Just a reminder to everyone to check your coverage, including on whether you need a rider for flooding (we do, it's not automatic in our policy). Our basement had never flooded and our sump pump ran only once in many years in an area where basement flooding is common. Our flooding was due to the sump pump being left unplugged. Grumble, grumble...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 69739, member: 701"] Sorry for your woes. We had a flooded basement a few years back during a storm that dumped 6 inches in one hour. It was so bad a few homes had their basement walls collapse. There are professional services that will come in and do any needed part of the process. We removed water, carpet, and put in fans and dehumidifiers ourselves. They came in when the smell started and sprayed which stopped the mildew growth (likely the smell you are smelling). They also have meters to determine moisture content and based on readings set up two huge fans in addition to what we were already running. in my opinion, it was well worth having them do the spraying as it stopped it dead in its tracks. I have asthma and difficult child has had two sinus surgeries so this was necessary. Just a reminder to everyone to check your coverage, including on whether you need a rider for flooding (we do, it's not automatic in our policy). Our basement had never flooded and our sump pump ran only once in many years in an area where basement flooding is common. Our flooding was due to the sump pump being left unplugged. Grumble, grumble... [/QUOTE]
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