Ever had your basement flood?

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by ssgharkness020147

I woke up to a nice little suprise today when the basement flooded. The float on the sump pump got hung up and made quite a mess. Half the basement is finished (carpeted) the other half is not. We used a wet dry vac to get up most of the standing water, then went over the carpet with on of those rug doctors to vacuum up us much as we could on the carpeted side. Tomorrow I think I'll clean the carpet with hot water and soap. Anyone else been through this? Were you able to save the carpet? I've got fans all over the basement and a de-humidifier going, anything else I should do? I'm hoping I can skate out of not having to redo the carpet, just my luck that I cannot find my homeowners insurance policy right now, so I'm not sure if I'm covered for floods.

The problem with carpets is if you have padding underneth it. If you do , YOUR SCREWED" amd it don't feel good !!!

The padding generally is foam so the water gets stuck in hidden places, MOLD MILDEW Just plane old nasty... UGLY

SORRY, GOOD LUCK