Flooded House Drywall Demo Advice Needed

[Pull n Pray]

If the flooding is less than four feet. Take a razor four foot from the floor and cut a straight line in the rock. Start ripping from the bottom when you get close to the cut you made be careful not to mess it up over the line. Sheetrock comes in 4x8 sheets, so it will be easy to just replace it with a whole new sheet.

If the flooding is above 4 feet just rip the whole sheet out.

[jpcajun]

Originally Posted by Pull n Pray

If the flooding is less than four feet. Take a razor four foot from the floor and cut a straight line in the rock. Start ripping from the bottom when you get close to the cut you made be careful not to mess it up over the line. Sheetrock comes in 4x8 sheets, so it will be easy to just replace it with a whole new sheet.

If the flooding is above 4 feet just rip the whole sheet out.

I would be careful of this. It isnt just the water level that you have to worry about, it is the moisture level. I have seen houses that had 8" - 10" of water in them for 2 days. Moisture levels exceeded the maximum level for mold to grow above 3'.... and that is just with 8" of water! If you had 3' of standing water in your house, rip all the sheetrock out. The exterior insulation soaks up water like a sponge and so do the wooden studs which brings your moisture level higher than 3'. Do it right otherwise expect mold to grow between the walls.

Glad that you are helping people out! We need more people like you.