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P > I live in St. Loius, and have water in my basement due to the large P > amounts of rainfall recently. I have a 1000 square foot basement, one side P > carpeted and finished, and one side uncarpeted and unfinished. Water on P > both sides due to seepage. P > P > I am using a shop-vac to suck up the water on the finished side, and have P > two dehumidifiers and a fan going to help dry the carpet. Short of tearing P > the carpet up, is there anything else I can do to make sure I do not get P > mold or have any other problems? This method worked good for me last week, P > and I almost had everything dried out until more storms came along.
We've got the same problem you do -- 5 miles upriver from Davenport, IA/Rock Island, IL. Basement will leak due to rising water table (ah great: it's raining again!).
We don't do anything special as far as mold prevention is concerned following getting water in the basement. Wet-dry the water from the carpet, move furniture to allow better air circulation. Running two dehum's - one in each room on the carpeted side -- plus the ceiling fans.
Not sure of what is under the carpet -- I've been told it's some sort of a straw-like material. (Was installed before we bought the house.) When the carpet is almost dry we'll shampoo it.
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