wow ,
I do not do restoration, BUT
just the last couple of days had a really bad flood. Clean water . 3 Br. Ranch 95% affected , on concrete slab. Occupied apt. with
TONS of stuff. A real mess. piles of clothes, furniture etc. you all know the scenario.
Unknown how long the break was active, as the tennent was rarely there. Still no heat in the unit, but had been warm out.
Initial extraction was on a Tuesday.
Minor amount of visible growth starting in just a couple of small areas near the floor.
I did the initial extraction. removed pad. Put 4 Dehus in to get things started. and deferred the rest.
They were contacting firms that had the capability for this.
Mind you I am deferring the whole time.
One company came in, On thursday, removed drywall , usual way, . cut out a couple of feet up.
PM was POed at cost for that.
So still claiming no accountability I placed 10 fans , The
Phoenix ones. On friday. Still 4 dehus going(realy 3 as one was an old drieze 110!) an Evolution ; a1200 , and the next size up.
Got a non penetrating meter from my dist. It was(as I have returned it) Tramex . And yes, I made sure it was set to correct scale. Checking around it all seemed pretty much dry already.
But the 2x4 plates on the concrete never did show dry. The studs though, even right on the plate, are bone dry. I sort of get this , as the concrete is going to hold moisture and the plates are fastented to the slab.
Also, one piece of wood. in one wall. a cross member. between two studs reading 0%. It was shielding the plumbing manifold where all the plumbing branched off. This one piece of wood , eye level was in the red, and beeping? That one piece of wood looked like treated lumber. Does the fact that it is treated cause a false reading? (the salts used to treat)?
Sorry for the book.!!