After the basement flood. Now what?

[cshenk]

"Jack" wrote

You'll be ok then Jack. Let it dry out and treat for mold (need not be an expensive process, it's gonna be a DIY level thing) then check all along the basement for any new small seepage cracks. Potentially some miniscule ones got bigger. Next time it rains, check down there and see if water seems to be seeping in and if so, where from which makes treating it easier.

Had that happen in a house in Charlottesville after a hurricane remnant swept through. Mom got something wth a nozzle that filled a few very small areas all the way back and no more problems. Some sort of cement that was real thin but dried hard after filling the cracks in.

[Ed Pawlowski]

"Ivan" wrote

I did not live in CT at the time, but I've seen plenty about the flood. About two miles upstream from me is a new dam, one of many built since '55. There was severe rain and poor weather forecasting of the hurricane.

[Ed Pawlowski]

"Bob F" wrote

I'll think about it when I'm going to sleep tonight. Turns out, it was groundwater.

[paulaner]

I used borax instead of bleach to cleanup after a flood. I'm told thats what the pros use. Buy a box of 10-mule at your local hw store. Works great and bugs hate it too. Doesn't stink like bleach either.