Over the weekend, our sump pump broke and flooded are basement with 4 inches of water. The basement is finished with wall to wall carpeting . We got all the water out and salavaged most of our furniture. All of our books on the bottom bookshelves were ruined. Its a complete mess. And of course Insurance does not cover sump pump failure. So it up to us to save our beautiful finished basement. Can any one help with suggestions??? The walls are not wet, we pulled up all the carpet, tossed the padding, and we are trying to salvage the carpet. We cant afford to buy new carpet and would hate to have concrete floors! We had all the carpet on one side of the basement. I mopped the other side with bleach, trying to kill the smell. That side smelled just fine, until we moved the carpet. Now we have laid the carpet in pieces all over the basement, vacumming with wet dry vac, and using our dirt devil carpet cleaner, Just to soak up the water. We have portable heaters running and a fan to circulate the heat. But the carpet is still wet, Not soaking wet, but wet. We cant seem to vacuum out any more water, it just stays wet. The smell is unbearable. I want to save this carpet so bad, Can any one help with suggetions??
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17 years ago