The home was recently purchased by the Curtis’s. Preparing for move-in, they placed an order with the city for water to be turned on.

The force of the water pressure split an older pipe under the stairway (clean water), flooding their basement.

DAMAGED AREA AND TYPES OF FLOORING:

Before the water could be turned off, it saturated the basement, two bedrooms, family room, and

hallway, all of which were carpeted.

The bathroom was tiled, and the storage room had a concrete floor which were also damaged.

Approximately 1,100 square feet.

EXTRACTION PROCESS:

A thorough extraction was completed using a Hydro-X™ with VacPac, going over all carpet in two directions. All carpet and cushion was left attached during extraction. The extraction process required approximately 70-80 minutes.

EQUIPMENT USED:

1 - tes – Thermal Energy System

3 - tex – Thermal EXchanger Units

3 – 1/3-1 hp Air Movers

1 - Air mover with thermostatic on/off control to exhaust

DRYING PROCESS:

The tes heating system was stationed outside, on the lawn, above the window with exchange hoses coming into the basement. We used 3 tex Thermal Exchangers with accompanying air movers; one each in the two bedrooms, and one in the family room. Floating these three rooms also gave us a float in the attached hallway.

The thermostatically controlled air mover was put in the bathroom with the exhaust ducting going out the bathroom window.

The system was activated at 6:30 PM on a Friday evening.

Side note: Normally we would have sealed an open staircase to the upstairs to prevent upward heat loss. However, the homeowner requested we leave it for him to accomplish, due to the fact he was having plumbers come in later that evening to repair the broken pipe. The stairway did not get sealed until 1:30-2:00 AM. The graph of temperature in the family room clearly indicates this.

COMPLETION AND READINGS:

Following the plumbing repair at 2:00 AM in the morning, the homeowner checked the carpet and cushion and found much of it already dr.

Upon inspection at 10 AM the next morning, all carpet and cushion in the bedrooms, family room and hallway were completely dry. The walls were also verified dry.

SUMMARY:

We know for certainty that we had this job 100% dry in 15 ½ hours (by 10:00 AM). However, the charts show that the humidity level dropped below 20% RH with temperatures near 90ºF in 3 to 5 hours (respective to different rooms) following set-up. Once conditions reach these levels of humidity and temperature, drying/evaporation becomes very rapid.

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