Having Your Basement Flooded

This will give you your best chance of these items still working. If this is the case you will most likely need to have the water pumped out of your basement.Having your basement flooded is not a pleasant experience. After the water has been drained out of the basement, get a shop vac or preferably a few of them (borrow from neighbors and friends) and have a couple people down there vacuuming the water out of the carpet.Call around and ask your friends and family if any of them have the supplies you need or can help you out first before buying anything. You can contact neighborhood equipment rental stores (such as Home Depot) to rent some heavy duty carpet fans to dry out your carpet. You have a couple of options, you can try to deal with everything yourself or you can contact a company that specializes in dealing with basement flooding. For those of you who are on a tight budget and can not afford to hire a company here are some simple tips and steps to do to make the best out of a bad situation.I highly recommend bringing some high powered fans down into your basement, as well as a couple of dehumidifies to help dry everything out and suck out the moisture.The first thing you want to do is to see where the water is coming into your home at. The carpet padding will have to be taken up, but the carpet can be dried out and laid back down over new padding once the basement is completely dry.. Is the water coming in through your foundation, is the water coming in through a sewer or sump pump backup, is your sump pump running or has the power went out or has your sump pump completely died on you? These are all questions you need to try and figure out. You may need to have your carpet cleaned to remove the musty smell from it, but by taking the steps above you can save a tremendous amount of money. Opening up drain covers and holes will most likely not help you in this situation because the water is already backed up and opening these drains could cause the water level to rise even further. After the padding is thrown out and the floor is dried up you will want to lay your carpet back down on top of items such as crates to keep your carpet elevated while you run the high powered fans and dehumidifiers to completely dry the carpet out. Be advised though that if your basement has flooded chances are many others have too and you will want to call the rental place or stop in there immediately to insure they have some left. If you need to pump the water out of your basement may prove to be a little more difficult by yourself. Many homes also have a drain in your floor nearby your furnace where a PVC pipe from your furnace/AC drains excess water into. Once your carpet has been thoroughly dried out, you can then buy new padding, lay it down and have your carpet laid back down as well. If you plan on calling for professional help, call immediately as chances are if your basement has flooded others have too and they will be busy. If you have determined that they water is coming in through anything but a sewage backup or a sump pump problem then next you need to locate any drains that you may have in your basement floor. At this point you will want.