Hey Houston! Keep your chin up. You got this. A list of things I learned post-Katrina. Take pictures of everything before you do any repairs, including the walls.
SUPPLY LIST:
- half face respirator with magenta cartridges, and a backup (One per person.)
- good working flashlight
- extra batteries
- first aid kit
- duct tape
- large blue tarps
- flat pry bar (wonder bar)
- mini-sledge or maul
- safety eye wear
- box cutters
- waders
- thick rubber gloves
- leather gloves
- heavy soled rubber boots
- ice
- plenty of drinking water
- food (premade sandwiches et al)
- coolers/ice chests
- hand sanitizer
- rubber straps
- tie downs
- dolly
- plastic totes
- towels
- bleach spray solution
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1) Bring proper supplies to go into damaged areas. Assume there will be NO way to get anything besides what you bring in. It's like camping, in a terrible campsite.
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2) The refrigerator. DO NOT OPEN IT. IT IS NOT SALVAGEABLE. YOU WILL VOMIT. Wrap it with duct tape or straps, wheel it out on your dolly to the curb. REPEAT. DO NOT OPEN IT.
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3) Cut carpet in sections, roll up, duct tape, and carry out to curb.
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4) Most everything you have is not salvageable if wet for long (48h or more). You can save: porcelain, cash, glassware, jewelry. Clothing is virtually ruined, even if it was not in the floodwaters, the mold smell will permeate.
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5) Remove mattresses to the curb. Mold will grow about anywhere, and quickly.
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6) If you have documented everything, you can break open the dry wall. There is a seam at 4 feet up, so if water damage is below that, you may want to keep your holes in the bottom half of the sheet rock/dry wall.
Once you have opened up the walls, ensure the home is relatively safe and locked as best you can. Remove items of immediate value to a looter and put them on the curb. Don't stick around much longer.
I'll add more to this as I think about it.
Good luck Houston.
Submitted August 29, 2017 at 06:37PM by arithmeticulous http://ift.tt/2wlya7i houston
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