Although we never welcome disaster and never expect any at the time of planning our life and home decoration, natural calamities are essentials devils in our life. In case of natural disaster like flood, with sudden water intrusion, the total flow of life get damaged. Flood water keeps the property, furniture, assets, and gadgets at stake. Flood damage cleanup process in post-flood period is a must to do program otherwise the water damaged house becomes next to impossible place to live in.
In post flood period most of the homeowners employ the service of professional flood damage cleanup companies to manage the hassles and risk of water damage cleanup process. As mostly the houses are covered by comprehensive home insurance, the claim realized from insurance company is used for the bill payment of the flood damage cleanup service providers. In these cases a phone call to the flood damage cleanup company and some prior information to the home insurance agent serve the purpose of the flood victim homeowners.
But things are not always same for all people. There will always be some houses in the flood affected area which are not covered by insurance due to many reasons. If there is a severe water intrusion in these houses and by chance the available funds of the homeowner does not permit for a professional help, the only alternative is to take personal initiative to do the flood damage cleanup process by own initiative and effort. Some tips are mentioned here for those self-help people who have to plan to do the job themselves.
Flood damage cleanup process needs to be started promptly and immediately after the disaster is past. There are high chances that the flood water is highly contaminated with bacteria, fungus, virus, and microbes; before coming in close contact with this kind of high risk items and water as well some prevention and precautions are to be taken.
It is strictly prohibited to enter the flooded zone unless the main electrical switch is off.
Use of ordinary vacuum cleaner for extracting water from carpet is dangerous; it will spoil the whole program and will damage the equipments as well.
Wearing safety mask, rubber gloves, and water proof gumboots to avoid direct contact with contaminated water is strictly mandatory.
Children should be kept away to avoid further chance for infection and contamination from the contaminated water.
Some tips are mentioned here for effective and successful execution of flood damage cleanup process:
Pumping out of the logged water is not sufficient, as these affected places need further disinfection. The physical cleaning process must be followed by disinfection by chlorinated water to kill the germs and microbes.
Imposing ventilation is necessary. It is better if you arrange to open all the air ducts to pass out the odor and airborne microbes with the passing wind.
In fact there is no specific way to conduct flood damage cleanup program. What necessary is precise observation, thorough cleaning, and rapid action.
