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The move comes after research from the PCA revealed a gap in technical information available to property professionals on the subject.

Available for free download from the PCA’s website, the new document is designed to assist companies and agencies involved in all aspects of flood restoration and the recovery of flood affected buildings.

The guide covers a broad subject area, including information on reducing future flooding, drying out a building, examples of failures where reinstatements are not carefully considered – and details on making a building more flood resilient.

Steve Hodgson, deputy director of the PCA, said: “After looking carefully at the range of technical documents that currently provide guidance to flood recovery practitioners, we found that although a great deal has been written about the drying process, little exists that gives advice and information about the job of putting what was or is a wet building back together.

“The new code highlights the importance of understanding the building. It considers the need for thorough investigation at the earliest possible opportunity, and the importance of identifying pre-existing defects.

“It also looks in general terms at the drying process, concentrating on the importance of monitoring and understanding what is going on within the structure at this critical time.

“Information is provided too on the techniques and materials that can be utilised in the reconstruction phase of the recovery project – and consideration given to the processes that reduce the likelihood of future problems.

“Finally, some of the failures that are encountered when reinstatements are undertaken without proper consideration are featured – and the means by which the building can be made resilient to future flooding.”

Noted for its training and technical expertise, the PCA represents the UK’s below ground waterproofing, damp control, timber preservation, structural repair and flood restoration sectors.

It has recently introduced a CPD on flood restoration and created a dedicated microsite within its website on the subject at www.property-care.org/flooding where the new code of practice can be accessed.

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Notes to Editors

The PCA incorporates the British Wood Preserving and Damp-proofing Association (BWPDA), which has been in formation for more than 75 years.

The PCA is a member of TrustMark the scheme supported by the Government, to help property owners find reliable and trustworthy tradespeople to make home improvements.

Its contractor members are all carefully vetted before being awarded membership – and are then subject to rigorous auditing procedures once admitted to the Association.

As well as delivering a trusted repair procedure, PCA members are able to carry out specialist surveys as part of the house-buying procedure to identify potential problems – as well as a range of other services designed to preserve and protect homes and buildings across the UK.

To find a PCA member log on to www.property-care.org and select the ‘Find A Member’ service.

Press release issued by Jane Shepherd of Shepherd PR Limited, 01538 308685, mobile 07985 129315.

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When taking into account the likelihood of restoring your carpets that suffered from flood damage, you need to find out if it is possible to do it. The opportunity will be determined by the attentive evaluation of the basic cause of the flood damage. If the house was flooded with water coming from environmental conditions, like a lake flooding or rain, it is more likely to succeed in the process of restoration your carpets. If the water damage was a result of a leaking from the home pipes, the restoration process will be successful only if the specific pipes were not related to toilet or sewer plumbing.

 

Prior to even make an attempt to restore the water damaged carpets, you will first need to locate the source of the flooding and repair all the things that have contributed to the flooding. You need to ensure that the causing problem is removed to prevent it from happening again and only after that you can start the carpet restoration process. If you want to do it by yourself without the help of a carpet cleaning company, you have to get a vacuum cleaner that can be used for vacuuming up the water. You need to go over the carpet a couple of times in order to ensure all the excess water has been eliminated from the carpet.  As simple this may sound, if you are not completely sure how to do this the correct way, it is way better to obtain the help of professionals.

 

After that, you need to buy a good cleaning agent that has disinfectant properties. Mix it together with a small quantity of bleach and make sure that the two chemicals are secure to be combined together. You will have to take the padding beneath the carpet and replace it with a new one. The padding is the place where the largest quantities of water are retained. The area where you will place the new padding needs to be completely dry. You can use a fan to do this properly.

 

After the new padding is at its place, you can put over the carpet. For restoring carpets with water damage as a result of flood damage you may want to use professional products like flood pumpers, carpet restoration chemicals or wet/dry vacuum cleaners.

 

All these things can assure your success when restoring carpets affected by water damage. Also, you must keep in mind that you can at all times call a cleaning carpet company to help you out with the messy job.