outwestjake
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Hey everyone, so had a bit of an accident. I live in a raised rancher style home with the front door split between the two floors. When doing my annual bug spray, I bumped a little too hard against the pressure gauge at the well water pressure tank and it snapped off. In this moment water was gushing out, it was hitting the subfloor ceiling of the closet. I managed to put a roll of paper towels over it to prevent it from shooting straight up and quickly ran to the breaker panel to kill power to the well pump. Immediately after, I emptied my shop vac and started sucking up as much water as I could.
I have a 16gallon shop vac, and I probably got it about half way full. All in all, if I had to estimate, this was all at most in the amount of 1 minute. The water was gushing out of a 1/4" NPT ****** that had snapped at the threads. My well pump runs at 8gpm, however, the pressure tanks holds 32 gallons... This all occurred in the closet under the steps for the front door. I could see a good bit of water flowed out into the garage through the wall.
I've had a dehumidifier running in the closet since then. My biggest fear now is the damage done to the carpet in the basement. I'm guessing 25-30 gallons of water could have spread from the closet, maybe 10 gallons went into the garage? I'm concerned about mold growth. Would anyone recommend pulling up the carpet in that area to check the padding? I couldn't feel any dampness, but I'm sure some water seeped through and the padding is probably blocking it from soaking up. Just looking for some suggestions or a sanity check. I'm about ready to empty out the basement and just tear up all the carpet.
I have a 16gallon shop vac, and I probably got it about half way full. All in all, if I had to estimate, this was all at most in the amount of 1 minute. The water was gushing out of a 1/4" NPT ****** that had snapped at the threads. My well pump runs at 8gpm, however, the pressure tanks holds 32 gallons... This all occurred in the closet under the steps for the front door. I could see a good bit of water flowed out into the garage through the wall.
I've had a dehumidifier running in the closet since then. My biggest fear now is the damage done to the carpet in the basement. I'm guessing 25-30 gallons of water could have spread from the closet, maybe 10 gallons went into the garage? I'm concerned about mold growth. Would anyone recommend pulling up the carpet in that area to check the padding? I couldn't feel any dampness, but I'm sure some water seeped through and the padding is probably blocking it from soaking up. Just looking for some suggestions or a sanity check. I'm about ready to empty out the basement and just tear up all the carpet.