If you've recently experienced a flood in your home and your carpets have become waterlogged, then time is of the essence, the longer your carpet stays wet the more likely the fibers are to completely detach from the backing and end up looking like it's been through a shredder.

1. Step By Step Procedures for
Saving a Flood Damaged
Carpet

2. If you've recently experienced a flood in
your home and your carpets have become
waterlogged, then time is of the essence,
the longer your carpet stays wet the more
likely the fibers are to completely detach
from the backing and end up looking like
it's been through a shredder.
More info on:
http://absolutecarpetcare.com.au/water-damage/

3. Of course, this wouldn't have to happen to
the whole carpet, if even just a few small
sections, detached, it would mean complete
replacement. So, it's important to get the
water pumped out of your house and a crew
working on extracting every drop of water
from the carpet as soon as possible.
More info on:
http://absolutecarpetcare.com.au/water-damage/

4. The type of water that has flooded your
carpet is fairly important because if it comes
from a clean water source, such as a broken
water pipe, sink overflow or other type of
water that starts out being clean, then it
leaves no contaminants in your carpet.
More info on:
http://absolutecarpetcare.com.au/water-damage/

5. A real disaster would be any
kind of raw sewage from a
plugged sewer pipe or
anything such as a river or
street flood that would carry
large amounts of
contaminants complicating
the procedure immensely
for cleaning purposes.
More info on:
http://absolutecarpetcare.com.au/water-damage/

6. If the water is not contaminated by outside
soil or sewage, then simply removing all
standing water with pumps, then vacuuming
the carpet with water extraction equipment,
similar to high-powered wet vacs, should be
plenty adequate in removing the water.
More info on:
http://absolutecarpetcare.com.au/water-damage/

7. In cases where the carpet has been
contaminated with bacteria infested sewage,
or outside water, chances are fairly good that
the carpet will need to be completely
replaced with new, and the sub-floor will
have to be treated with disinfectant after all
the water has been extracted.
More info on:
http://absolutecarpetcare.com.au/water-damage/

8. As you can see, due to the importance of
quick action, and use of high-powered
industrial tools, a professional flood damage
and carpet restoration company is definitely
needed for this type of project.
More info on:
http://absolutecarpetcare.com.au/water-damage/