Houses Back Clean After Flood

How to clean the house and furniture that had inundated the flood?

Flood seems to have become routine Jakarta and surrounding residents. Some of the specific area is always flooded when the rainy season comes.

The water that flooded the house can damage the material home and furnishings as well as furniture and electronic equipment. When gone down, garbage and mud left over to make the house look dirty and of course, become a den of germs.

Cleaning the house after the flood had to be done as soon as the water receded. Not only clean the mud and dirt on the floor or walls only. You also need to remove the smell of damp was left in the room that had flooded.

Besides looks clean again, the most important, you need to make sure everything in the house and free of germs and bacteria. So, clean the house with a material containing antiseptic or disinfectant.

Whatever steps we need to do to get back home clean and free of germs after the flood? We should do is focus on cleaning every part of the house. Consider the stages!

Floor
• Floor tiles using the cover dibersikan relatively easier. First clean the mud with a mop / rake the floor made from rubber.
• If the mud had dried, flush with water and then wipe with a big fluffy brush the floor.
• Clean the connection antarkeramik (nat) with a brush or sponge to remove dirt and mud away.
• When the floor is clean looking, mop the floor with detergent or carbolic lantaia containing antiseptic.
• The floor had been mopped it looks clean. But not necessarily free of germs and bacteria. You should sample a few times to make sure the floor really clean. If necessary, use a special fluid that contains a more powerful antiseptic for washing or spraying the floor.

Walls
Puddle of dirty flood water left a stain on the wall. The wall is wet and damp can trigger the growth of fungi. Once the water receded, immediately do the cleaning in all parts of the wall that had inundated by water.
• Clean mud on the wall with a small brush or sponge.
• Add liquid carbolic acid to clean the walls of the bacteria.
• If the paint peeling walls, you might as well should exfoliate all parts of the fall. After that, the wall can be coated again with a cement / acian, then repainted.

Furniture
Waterlogged furniture that different ways of handling, depending on the material. Plastic materials and solid wood considered easy to clean. While metal more vulnerable to rust.
Soft material such as foam sofa with fabric or leather upholstery require special care. Before cleaning, furniture should be dried prior to the smell apeknya missing.
• If still possible to clean, you can wash it. But if the condition is really not feasible, you should dispose of it. For example the sofa fabric rotted foam, should not have to be saved, because the sponge material can be a nest of germs
• solid wood furniture such as chairs, tables, or cabinet, at first used to clean the surface with a slightly dampened cloth. Wait until dry, wipe over with a special liquid timber, and then dried.
• For foam couch, sofa washing water mixed with mild soap or shampoo. Use a fluffy brush so as not to damage the couch. Clean the corners of the couch, usually a lot of dirt stuck.
• After washing, drying couch to dry. Then re-do the cleaning with antiseptic material. You can also use a special vacuum cleaner that can suck the dirt and water.
• To be more practical and satisfactory results, you can also use furniture cleaning services.