 Okay, what we're going to talk about now is just what the first time you go into the house What kind of things you're going to see and what we do initially is where we're number one We want to make sure the electricity has been shut off to the house and in this case We've already walked around an entire walk around in the house We've looked for the foundation to make sure the foundation is sound We've looked at the walls to see if there's any bowing in any walls to determine if there is any structural issues first To see if it's structurally okay to go into this house and then we'll go in cautiously We definitely need to make sure to have some safety equipment and Because we don't know what's going to be going on inside of there and mold growth is definitely going to be an issue So at least an N95 Mask to make sure we don't have to breathe in those toxins that are in there As we come in it doesn't hurt to have something a good solid say a shovel or even in a you know Some piece of equipment you can use because you can see the mud that's come in with the floodwater Is going to create this carpet that's slick in these areas where it's dried It's not going to be as slick but as we go through here. There's definitely going to be concerns about Slick carpets and there might be holes in the floor. So Just make sure this one obviously sounds fairly good and solid so it may not be as big a concern as other issues We've also seen where paneling is coming off the walls and covered up entrances to say for example to To the basement access so you can't see that there's a big hole there you step on top of it Then you fall through you can see here We're an entire sheet of drywall is falling off the ceiling and piled up into the floor And we don't know how stable these other sheets of drywall also We're going to have to be careful when we come through here Just to do the initial survey to see what kind of damage there were if we can we're going to go ahead and get Into the basement if there's not water already still holding in that We're going to get in the basement and look for that foundation to see if that foundation is still sound as We go into each and every room like for example the kitchen here We have to really look for not just mud on the floor and how slick that's going to be but all these other pieces of you know Paneling and cabinets that have fallen over and could potentially be easily to fall over and we step on and slip And who knows what's underneath all this stuff inside there The other thing to remember when you come into a flooded house is that stairwells can be very dangerous places Covered with debris very slick mud all the things that have fallen down onto and dried And the other problem is that since the stairs a lot of times are most often made of wood They can easily have floated up and not be attached any longer So you need to make sure that the stairs are definitely stable as you go into them as you go into the basement You also have to be concerned about the health hazards because a lot of times suits back up can occur in the basement So not only is there floodwater which will care carry contaminants But the sewer system may have backed up into the basement as well causing Additional problems as far as health hazards go One of the important things to look at in this house is that the mold the amount of mold It's grown in here with this house that we're in right now. They weren't able to get into it Right away and open it up. It's very important to get in it as fast as you can and get these windows opened up to get this Moisture the humidity level inside of these houses to drop because you can even see the ceiling fan behind us It was so moist in here so humid in here that that ceiling fan dropped That was actually not inside the floodwater in the ceiling the water level didn't reach the ceiling level But all this mold is grown after the fact because the high humidity inside this closed-up house So it's important to get in it as fast as you can and open it up and let that air out If the plan is to rebuild and recover house the idea is to get in and dry it out as fast as possible In order to do that you want to make sure to get anything that's gonna be holding water out of that building like here We can see the insulation is falling down from the ceiling and it's still moist You can hear it holding water. So you're gonna have to clean that out same thing with the carpeting This floor is soaked up with water So we're gonna have to peel up that carpeting cut it into strips haul it out put it out on the curb for recovery Any furniture that potentially hold water that's gonna increase the humidity levels in this house and add to this problem of mold growth The question of what can we be recovered as you go through the house and what's gonna have to be Removed and replaced is is gonna be the questions are gonna continuously ask The the general thumb is when in doubt to throw it out which is unfortunate But that's this the way it's gonna be because you don't want to create an unsafe Situation but in the case of non-porous materials like this dishware here We can take this and as long as we meticulously clean it Disinfect it and then sanitize any solid surface then it can be reused again If it's a porous material like say for instance example clothing Soft children's toys furniture those materials are gonna have to be discarded and replaced Temptation might be to try to use these put these in a dishwasher to clean them Well in this house It won't be a case because the flood level was well above where the dishwasher is the dishwasher was flooded in order to use the dishwasher We need to have that professionally reconditioned because it's got electronics in it in the motor in it as well As far as the electronic appliances go we can look in this kitchen here and see the Frigerator has floated and fallen over. There's an electric coffee pot over there It looks like a toast or oven over there Deciding whether those can be recovered or not that's gonna be up to a qualified electrician Or a professional to recover those because all those electric switches all the relays inside of each one of these things electric motors We're all gonna need to be professionally refurbished again, it might be easier to to potentially just Replace those electronic appliances anything that's electrical The temptation is gonna be when you when you look to recovering and cleaning out these flood-covered homes is to try to do as Little damage as possible, but we've even talked to some people that didn't want to open up walls They're afraid they would they thought they would be able to to dry on inside But we've looked in this small wall cavity here and you can see this Insulation is still completely moist. We can practically wring the water out of it The idea is we have to at least open up the wall cavity on one side so it can at least dry to the inside or Dry to the outside. There's no way that this wall is going to dry closed up like that Just for comparison's sake what we're going to do is we've gone inside of this one house here Unfortunately because of various reasons They couldn't come in and clean it up right away And then we're going to go into this house here and show the difference if you can get in right away And if you can clean up the house and open up the windows and air these buildings out as fast as you possibly can And as we come into this house You can see the difference between one house to the next if you have a chance to get the windows opened up Get those wall cavities out and get anything that's going to hold moisture out of there Get that furniture out of there get the carpets pull up the carpet so the floorboards can dry and then if we come in and check Moisture levels we can see that this house is actually already starting to dry out to pretty good levels Here's 12% in this wood so they're well on their way to recovery