my gorgeous 2 year old has flooded my bath room and water has dripped through the floor boards and is now running down the light bulbs under the bathroom, i have switched off the electric and have mopped up the mess but any suggestions to dry out the floor and electrics?
2006-10-06 09:48:37 · 13 answers · asked by jayke 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
message for ollie i have a lap top and using someone elses wireless good thinking though.
2006-10-06 10:00:18 · update #1
message lola-ra-ha thanks for your concern but i dont believe in smacking and i realise it was an accident
2006-10-06 10:03:10 · update #2
Get a battery operated air humidifier, leave as many windows as you can open and try to stay at a friend's...let it all dry up...in a couple of days, get a good electrician (british gas have many good recommendations on their site, DO NOT USE THE YELLOW PAGES) to survey and make sure it's all good
Our neighbour had the same accident above us and we were unable to live without electricity and all the damp air (athsma) so we stayed at a friends and did the above.
Good luck and make sure you let your little one know not to do it again because that's what happened...he/she will learn definately from this...
:-)
2006-10-06 10:09:17 · answer #1 · answered by Jim Jones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-18 12:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supervise him better? haha :-)
Sorry to hear about th emess. If you have homeowner's insurance, you migth want to make a claim on this. It's going to stain drywall, peel pain, and cause mold.
Wet vac out as much as you can. Turning off the power was a very good idea. You migth also want an electrician take a look before turning power back on to the area... water could sit in conduits for days and days.
Set up a really powerful fan to help in drying. Turn on a dehumifider. If it's hot where you live, turn the AC up. Otherwise turn the heat up.
2006-10-06 09:57:37 · answer #3 · answered by Funchy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better have an electrician remove the fixture and dry it out. Ours was a chandelier and some of the fancy insides rusted (the non brass parts). I was the one who put the screw through the water pipe and it didn't leak at all for several months later when the screw finally rusted. We had to redo the ceiling (sheet rock).
It was an upstairs bathroom floor project that went bad.
2006-10-06 10:43:58 · answer #4 · answered by norman8012003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need to turn off the electricity, just take out the lighting fuse, so that you can use lamps, dehumidefier is good to remove moisture, but you may find that the ceiling may need to be repaired.
2006-10-06 09:58:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a de-humidifier and leave it running until the room is dried out, then get a qualified electrician to check your electrics.
2006-10-06 09:50:54 · answer #6 · answered by Curlylox 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if there's still a flood, get the yellow pages or 411 for the nearest water vacumm people. Whatever they're called.
2006-10-06 10:18:08 · answer #7 · answered by Suzy Suzee Sue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have switched off the electric how come your on the computer?
2006-10-06 09:58:00 · answer #8 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no smaking or shouting
adults make mistakes kids make mis-judgments
have a kiss and a cuddle and think how lucky your are to have a bright and bubbly 2 year old
then phone the insurance company
good luck
2006-10-06 09:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by lola_r_hamster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
open the windows if possible and turn on a fan if electric is on upstairs, ceiling fans help too.
2006-10-06 09:58:21 · answer #10 · answered by LittleLady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋