I rent a small single floor appartment on the ground floor near my college. A couple of days ago water started appearing around 11pm in our bathroom tiled area. I soaked it up with towels and went to bed. When I woke up the water had spread a little bit into our living room making the squishy sound when you step on it.
Turns out the hot water heater in the Appt above us was busted and leaking straight down into my roomates carpeted bedroom closet(where our heater is as well) and spreading through the wall into our bathroom area and into the living room carpet.
Well the landlord came and fixed their waterheater and the leaking water has stopped. Its the weekend and everything is closed, i have been left to fix the flooding myself, but Im in college and cant afford to call a profesisonal and I don't know what I should be doing.
I have been soaking up the water with towels, then washing them and soaking them again.
The carpets are now just damp, but now the musty smell seems to be everywhere.
Im worried about the smell and the horror stories about mold and mildew. Should I leave? What kind of company should I contact to test for mold, or clean? What responsibilites does my landlord have to helping me with this?
Sorry, Im alone and ignorant in all this, and learning a life lesson.