Act quickly when faced with a flooded basement

An accumulation of water in a basement can be a horrible thing to discover and in all likelihood you are going to need to services of a basement flood cleanup company to deal with the problem. A local basement flood cleanup company will usually be available 24 hours per day, 365 days of the year because basement flooding can happen at any time of the day or night. There are a number of different reasons why you have water in your basement and these include acts of nature such as a flood caused by heavy rain or snowfall or simply a river that has burst its banks. The water may have resulted from somewhere within your home as well with a burst pipe, a faulty washing machine or dishwasher or a drain that is blocked or has backed up.

The first action you should take is to stay out of the water no matter how deep it is and switch off the electricity supply to the basement so long as of course the electricity box is not in the basement.

The sooner you can call your local basement flood cleanup company the sooner they will be able to tackle the problem of your flooded basement. The first action they will take is to use pumps to extract the water from your basement, once this has been achieved then they will begin the remediation process by using powerful vacuums to mop up the last remnants of moisture before beginning the drying out process. This process needs to be completed quickly in order to avoid the problems associated with mold growth, mold spores can start to appear within 48 hours of a water problem affecting your basement. This is something that needs to be avoided at all costs so make sure that you act quickly in order to avoid this additional headache.