Cleaning Up Floodwaters Save Email Print
Reporter: Evrod Cassimy
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"We ended up with roughly 18 inches to 2 feet of sewage water," says homeowner Robert Sanzt.

Recent severe weather has left many Wisconsin communities underwater. Now some homeowners are left to clean out their flooded homes and basements.

"There's no way that I could get it as clean and as dry in the time that they did it."

Sanzt and his daughter's Morrisonville home is now dry after once being almost waist high with water. But for them cleaning out a basement full of water was a job for the professionals.

"We came in, tore off all of the trim, baseboard, all of the drywall a foot of what was affected which is according to our standards," says A-1 Restoration project manager, Chuck Breo.

Breo has helped rebuild several homes after they were damaged by flood waters. They are one of the many companies that are being called in during this time to help homeowners with similar problems. Completely removing all flood waters from a home could cost as much as 35 hundred dollars, but is something that could be covered by insurance. No matter if you choose to do it yourself or hire an outside company, it's important to clear out flood waters immediately.

"I would also stress to any homeowners that haven't had any restoration or mitigation company come in if they do have a problem with their basement to try and get it dried out as quickly as possible."

Photo Courtesy of Sandy Garthwait of Fort Atkinson.
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