Fighting fungus after Flood

Good to know Control of the house after a flood Check the following:

• No damage to the foundations; 
• Washed away ground water is not at the foundation; 
• Construction and partition walls are not deformed, scratched or cracked; 
• There have been tears or cracks columns, beams, ceilings; 
• There are no visible damage or deformation of structural elements (bending, buckling, displacement);
• Due to deformation of the building is not opening Windows and door. Fighting fungus The whole area is contaminated after a flood of mud. In the air, feel the stench. Decay starts very quickly.  Once the flooding was the beginning of a local outbreak of various diseases. 

Today the threat condition remained strong. Do not allow children to play with the outside, until they spotted the mud is removed. And the need for disinfection of the flooded parts and equipment home, and if the fungus emerged - and fumigation. Preparations should be used, as described on the packaging, work gloves and tools do not use zinc and aluminum, because in contact with those fungicides pollutants they emit. If fumigation walls, you need to weld fugus plaster about 1 m beyond the site contaminated by fungus and dry surface, then scratch the mold fungi and raids, and scraped raids deep bury or burn - the farther from the buildings, the better. Best Chicago Basemen ContractorCompany.

Drying out the building

Drying out the building Best, though lengthy, is a natural drying, ie intense weathering of the wide-open windows and doors. Unfortunately, not all rooms and can effectively ventilate the place, is not always conducive weather. Typically used forced ventilation. If the outside is dry and warm, just set and activate a fan, if chilly - should be involved in home heating. Unfortunately, the same air heating only slightly speeds up the drying process. Fans should be set to force the air movement in rooms. Important! Do not overheat the rooms above 35 º C. High temperatures may be beginning to cause the flooding of not flooded furniture and wood items. Are useful for electric dehumidifiers. They work in a closed room. Will replace the moisture from the air into the water.
 The dryer comes out dry air heated to room temperature. It should set a little extra heat source, because the device performance is all the greater, the higher the temperature in the room dried. Protected for the future Would be best to build a house on a local hill, away from danger. If this is not possible, you can search the site separated from the solid river embankment protection. Can be prepared by the elevation of buildings above ground floor level of the historic flood water level in the area. It should abandon the cellar. It is important that the elements of home construction were intertwined wreaths. Best to keep a flood of heavy and rigid reinforced concrete buildings with monolithic construction. The most vulnerable are the wooden houses, as it washed away by a flood. Always brings a flood loss and human misery. That is why we build houses in a safe place and cover them in case of flooding.

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