Tuckered Out

We are still in the flood mitigation process. After about 28 hours of working to dry things out, we have made good progress. Instead of  squishy soggy carpeting, we just have damp spots. It is a lot of work to keep rotating the fans though.

 The little black box is an ionizer to keep smells down. The maintenance man who used a wet vac along side my husband's wet vac, then a water extractor on Tuesday, came back Wednesday afternoon to use a shampooer with just water to rinse the laundry detergent out of the carpeting. Then he applied a spray the housekeeping supervisor supplied to capture molecules that might mold.

We were really blessed that Grace Village had the equipment and knowledge to tackle this clean-up project. They did rent a dehumidifier from a Warsaw company that does water damage abatement. The company told them to run it for at the minimum 2 days. It was started Wednesday morning and will continue to at least lunch time tomorrow (Friday). Tomorrow sometime a probe will be borrowed which can measure dampness in the carpet pad. That will determine whether to keep running the dehumidifier or whether we are done.

It doesn't look like much water being collected but there is a steady movement of water in the tube.

With the constant hum of the dehumidifier and the roar of the fans, I haven't slept very soundly the past two nights. Tonight we should be able to turn the fans down to the low setting which will help a lot.
Hopefully, tomorrow we can start putting back the things we had to hurriedly move out of the path of the seeping water.

The shoes out of the closet where they were lined up on the floor.

The books quickly taken from the hall bookcase so the furniture could be moved.

I have been sorting through the books; not using the Konmari method much since that requires holding each book to see if it sparks joy. While I am stressed out from the constant noise, joy is in short supply. But I have purged out some, mostly cookbooks.

I will be glad when life returns to normal. We probably do face a reflooring job in the bathroom.