Basement leak wet carpet baseboard dry out.

We ran into a client that had water at the bottom of his stairs.
And also water was coming through on a pantry with a wood floor.
See how we made sure everything got dry so no mold could grow. 24 hr flood response.
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A 24-hour flood response. Here again for another tip on dry out.
In this case homeowner came in found that the floor as they step down off.
The stairs was wet and didnt know where it came from.
And so we have since we started this job.
We took out the pad. We also took out the baseboard and its still wet. And we we started drying it.
But you can see the good news is you can see that the drywall is hung right? So.
Off the ground.
Thats probably a half inch to three quarters of an inch.
So thats good in some cases.
However what we when we took out the other room which had cabinets and then it had this wood floor and then the it was wet just in this side of this room which it was really lucky.
So we dont have to take out the floor throughout this big family room. But what we found is the water came from the main in the house so coming into the house.
Now were not a hundred percent.
Sure.
We had some huge rains here recently and were not were not a hundred percent.
Not sure if thats water from saturation from the ground or if thats water from a broken pipe or something like that. But right here you can see.
Weve got about 3 inches of space in between the sill plate and the foundation. And so when that water comes down here its got like a river to run through right? Its going to come out into the room a bit harder to get through.
Its easier this foundation in between the sill plate and the foundation. And so right here.
This is the wall that into the The area that we were just looking at with the carpet.
And so what we found of these sill plates.
This one is wet just So it must have built up on some got through there and on top there it was behind the sill plate.
on top of the insulation.
So what well do right now and it is about an inch wet just the insulation touching the ground.
So what will come in and do is well take out some in some drywall in this other room and were going to at first were going to see If we cant keep it and that will prevent us from having to paint up here. But if we can keep that cut down here we can get all the water and we can find where We can dry that out.
And were not having to worry about mold or anything like that.
So thats where were hoping.
It doesnt.
Just keep going. Theres a possibility it does.
But were hoping because of the amount of water here that thats where it is.
Then wed have to go in under the stairs and find out how to get to that. So theres a tip to keep yourself safe and not have mold grow.