My house has been flooded - Advice?

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Hello folks! I live in a Bungalow in Manchester.

I woke up yesterday about 8am to someone banging at my door as the nearby river broke its banks and water was quickly building up outside.

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We scuppered around generally moving things higher up on to worktops. I grabbed my most prized possessions then quickly moved my car to higher ground.

We then moved to someone's local flat and spent the day hanging around there without power and surrounded by water. Finally about 6pm the water started to receed and we carried our possessions and a few folding bikes and waded through the water past about 10 fire engines. Hopped on our bikes and cycled to Manchester city centre towards safety and finally a bit of food.

So now I'm waiting for the water to receed to be able to go back. We had a brief glance inside and it looks like the water rose to sky 4 inches inside. Through our floorboards / door and was hoping people may have advice?

First thing will obviously be insurance, but if anyone has experience or similar with a flooded house then that would be great!

And a few pictures from later as we escaped and water came higher.

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Horrific! Hope you’re all safe and ok.

No expert but presumably mobile dehumidifiers and turn electric off if not already. As you say, let insurers handle it.
I don't think dehumidifiers will work to well in that situation.

I imagine you'd have to pull up any flooring like carpet/laminate etc, and then get the floorboards up. Then get as much of the water out as possible, then the dehumidifiers might be worth using.

I would hope insurance would send some people round to get the ball rolling on that front though.

So sorry that has happened to you mate.
 
That's insane. South Manchester by the looks of it? We're in North Manchester but have been in Italy over New Years. I didn't realise how bad things were until pictures started popping up on our local residents group.

I can't offer any advice as I've no idea where people start once the floodwater has gone, but I hope you get things sorted quickly!
 
Not sure I'll ever consider buying a house on low lying flat ground/near a river.

With the way things are going weather/climate wise, floods are probably going to get more and more likely.

Grateful to be living in a house that's nice and up high/will never flood unless it was the apocalypse/real life version of the film waterworld :p.
 
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I'm so sorry.
I'm not going to be all depressing about it, because it very much depends on the construction of the house and how much water went in there, and how stinky the water was.
I am surprised that you have floorboards, given the age of the house, but they will be your biggest issue.
 
Hello folks! I live in a Bungalow in Manchester.

I woke up yesterday about 8am to someone banging at my door as the nearby river broke its banks and water was quickly building up outside.

We scuppered around generally moving things higher up on to worktops. I grabbed my most prized possessions then quickly moved my car to higher ground.

We then moved to someone's local flat and spent the day hanging around there without power and surrounded by water. Finally about 6pm the water started to receed and we carried our possessions and a few folding bikes and waded through the water past about 10 fire engines. Hopped on our bikes and cycled to Manchester city centre towards safety and finally a bit of food.

So now I'm waiting for the water to receed to be able to go back. We had a brief glance inside and it looks like the water rose to sky 4 inches inside. Through our floorboards / door and was hoping people may have advice?

First thing will obviously be insurance, but if anyone has experience or similar with a flooded house then that would be great!

And a few pictures from later as we escaped and water came higher.

Feel like I recognise some of those, are you in close proximity to Palatine road? Looks like in-between Didsbury and Northenden.

Definitely feel for you, the Mersey has been getting more and more of these serious floods, it's always shocking to see just how much water the river carries. I know the Turn Moss fields near us are now completely submerged in water.
 
Nice one on getting the car out. Hope insurance plays nice and easy for you. Likely need a full rip out of everything where the water has been due to contamination, (and probably easiest), but it's anyone's guess until you know the specifics.
 
Argh!!! What a horrible thing to happen.

Not any advice I can give but I’m very sorry this happened :(

Best of luck sorting it.
 
Firstly that sucks. Hopefully there is not too much damage. When you bought the house was it shown to be in an area liable to flooding?

Secondly obligatory "don't build near a river" comment.

Thirdly, top quality gif game, puts @mrk offerings to shame.
 
That sucks :/

On the brightside its only going to cause you temporary disruption and nothing or anyone was seriously hurt.
Hope the insurance doesn't F you about too much.
New carpets! woohoo :P
 
Take pictures of everything that got wet before removing/disposing, you’ll need it for the insurance claim.

Don’t remove or dispose of anything until you speak to your insurance company.

Once that’s ticked off, anything that got wet needs to be taken out. That includes stuff like plasterboard, particularly on stud walls which may be filled with insulation etc.

Be prepared for a fun few months as there will be a huge drain on skilled trades to get repairs done.
 
Rough, hope you manage to get things sorted out quickly. It's pretty scary how fast this situation developed and how catastrophic it would have been had the rain kept going a bit longer.
 
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