Please help. Don’t know what to do or where to turn

Simplelife786

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Hello everyone,

We suffered a big water leak a few weeks ago from the first floor of our house. Completely destroyed everything downstairs.
I got some dehumidifiers and fans in.
It became apparent that the plasterboard was still wet so all of it had to be removed because mould had started.
Moving on a few weeks I removed the skirting upstairs and downstairs and there is mould there too and the bottom of the plasterboard is mouldy…green/black mould.
I don’t know what to do or who to turn to. My health is not so good and I have done what I can but I don’t know where to start or what to do.
I have not slept because if the stress.
Please can someone guide/help.
Thankyou
 

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get someone in to quote the works.

contact insurance company and provide them info of damage and costs.

done right thing removeing water damaged boards. keep humidifiers on
 
either way works gotta be done. insurance or no insurance
Loss Adjuster will reduce claim if mucked about with more than basic stopping the damage.
Had one case where tenant made the tank leak, then ripped down all the edges of the wallpaper saying it had got wet - tenant really just wanted new wallpaper, got tired of the "old" one (new 9 months previously).
Claim got rejected and British Gas had to pay the bill for their (the tenant) engineer's damage.
 
Hello everyone,

We suffered a big water leak a few weeks ago from the first floor of our house. Completely destroyed everything downstairs.
I got some dehumidifiers and fans in.
It became apparent that the plasterboard was still wet so all of it had to be removed because mould had started.
Moving on a few weeks I removed the skirting upstairs and downstairs and there is mould there too and the bottom of the plasterboard is mouldy…green/black mould.
I don’t know what to do or who to turn to. My health is not so good and I have done what I can but I don’t know where to start or what to do.
I have not slept because if the stress.
Please can someone guide/help.
Thankyou
Same here, I have no home insurance. I don't want to hire anyone, I want to do it by myself. Any help?
 
Hello everyone,

We suffered a big water leak a few weeks ago from the first floor of our house. Completely destroyed everything downstairs.
I got some dehumidifiers and fans in.
It became apparent that the plasterboard was still wet so all of it had to be removed because mould had started.
Moving on a few weeks I removed the skirting upstairs and downstairs and there is mould there too and the bottom of the plasterboard is mouldy…green/black mould.
I don’t know what to do or who to turn to. My health is not so good and I have done what I can but I don’t know where to start or what to do.
I have not slept because if the stress.
Please can someone guide/help.
Thankyou
So it’s just the skirts and plasterboard at skirting level at this point? I’ve read that as you’ve removed/replaced all other effected plasterboard.

If that’s the case try first bleaching and scrubbing mound off boards and skirts and leave it all to dry out with your dehumidifiers going. Then replace boards and stick skirts back on.

If the plasterboard is too wet and weak then cut it out and leave it all to dry before sticking new board on and your skirts back on.
 
I have got any insurance either, haven't had for over 20 years. But seriously thinking about getting at least building insurance.
 
I have got any insurance either, haven't had for over 20 years. But seriously thinking about getting at least building insurance.
in all seriousness brimstone, take a day off soon as posssible, and get your insurance sorted out , soon as poss, now, straight away,


how you can sleep at night without it,
peace of mind,
 
So it’s just the skirts and plasterboard at skirting level at this point? I’ve read that as you’ve removed/replaced all other effected plasterboard.

If that’s the case try first bleaching and scrubbing mound off boards and skirts and leave it all to dry out with your dehumidifiers going. Then replace boards and stick skirts back on.

If the plasterboard is too wet and weak then cut it out and leave it all to dry before sticking new board on and your skirts back on.
Is the plasterboard effected or affected @JessThePlasterer ?
Details like this matter.
 
Buy, rent, or borrow a reasonable sized steamer. Strip out any water damaged plasterboard, scrub off, bleach and then steam any mould to kill the spores, or it'll be back. Dehumidifiers running all the time preferably some (cold) blowers to get damp air out of corners and to the dehumidifiers: they can only remove moisture that reaches them.
It looks from your pictures like you've got concrete floors: is that a skim or some sort of finish? Are you sure the concrete underneath isn't sodden water will get into any little crack or gap or down slab edges and soak the concrete. If it is modern enough to be a slab floating on insulation then you need to find out if it got in there, otherwise every time you dry the top, more water will soak up through. If you do have insurance, get them involved, if you don't, then you may need to get a loan to get professionals in as they have all the monitoring gear plus pumps blowers etc etc. A job I was working on required dehumidifiers and blower's for 3 months plus 30mm holes in the floorslab with pumps pumping air in and water out of the insulation underneath.
 
So it’s just the skirts and plasterboard at skirting level at this point? I’ve read that as you’ve removed/replaced all other effected plasterboard.

If that’s the case try first bleaching and scrubbing mound off boards and skirts and leave it all to dry out with your dehumidifiers going. Then replace boards and stick skirts back on.

If the plasterboard is too wet and weak then cut it out and leave it all to dry before sticking new board on and your skirts back on.
Who going to scrub bleach into their mound,
 
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