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SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 02/01/2009 00:06

My kitchen is flooded (dd1 must have thought it would be a good idea to plug the bath in and turn the taps on)!!!

I mean FLOODED there is at least an inch of water on the floor! How ccan I get it out?

Will the carpet cleaner suck it all up? I have a concrete floor and a high step so I can't just sweep it out.

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scrooged · 02/01/2009 00:11

Oh dear. Can you sweep it into a bucket with a saucepan/something?

Contact your insurance company, it may soak into the units.

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 02/01/2009 00:12

No the units are high so they should be okay.

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soapbox · 02/01/2009 00:13

Towels - lots of them will soak up the water. Or you can brush it into a shovel and into a bucket - or use plastic containers to bail it out.

Then you need to talk to insurance company ASAP - lots of them have 24 hour hotlines. They should get some industrial machines in to dry it out for you.

scrooged · 02/01/2009 00:13

That's good. Do you have something you can scoop it up with?

TheFallenMadonna · 02/01/2009 00:14

We had something similar in our utility room. We have a vax and that sucked up the worst of it and then we used towels ( a lot of them) for the rest.

fortyplus · 02/01/2009 00:14

Bath towels - soak and wring out outside. Don't use the cleaner unless it's adesigned for water. Then tomorrow morning get down to the hire shop for a dehumidifier if things are still damp.

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 02/01/2009 00:25

Thanks Fallen. The majority of it has now been vaxed! I have left the backdoor open to airdry the rest.

Whose great idea was it to have children anyway?

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leoleosuperstar · 02/01/2009 00:28

Is it too cold to have the door open wont it have the opposite effect?

TheFallenMadonna · 02/01/2009 00:30

Phew.

Hope everything is undamaged.

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 02/01/2009 00:30

I don't know its not raining or foggy here. The kitchen has no heaters/radiators. The only heat comes off the oven.

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SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 02/01/2009 00:31

Everything seems undamaged. Lighting/oven etc still working. Insides of units and food is still dry.

Seems I got home just in time.

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