On a regular basis we rebuild our storm damaged homes. This most recent one is mostly afout flooding, how to decontaminate and the best way to rebuild.
I get several calls a day asking how to clean up and rebuild.
Cleanup is an awful experience, your home is a mess and your life is disrupted.
Fortunately there are several resources ready to help get you back on the road to normality
The primary issue is to remove damaged materials and to decontaminate what remains.
Contaminated flood water can carry all sorts of pathogens and the materials that cannot be removed need to be decontaminated before beig put back into use or contained in walls, floors and ceilings.
Add to that, most building materials are a buffet line for bio-organic growth (BOG), or mold if you prefer.
In the next section I will take a look at how to rebuild: what materials to use, when to begin work and the most important details.
