{"id":33,"date":"2017-09-15T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2017-09-12T08:54:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T14:54:57","slug":"minimize-water-damage-with-a-flood-cleanup-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/minimize-water-damage-with-a-flood-cleanup-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimize Water Damage with a Flood Cleanup Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to minimize water damage from a natural disaster, broken home appliance, or a ruptured pipe in your home in the Kissimmee, FL area, then you want to prepare a flood clean-up kit.&nbsp;Having a kit ready can help dry out your home faster and prevent mold, mildew, and other water damage from taking hold.&nbsp; Here&rsquo;s what you need to put together a quick clean-up flood kit.&nbsp;Most of the items are easily located, inexpensive, and you may have some around the house.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start with a stiff-bristled, 24-inch push broom, with a squeegee attached if possible, to push water out of the area quickly.<\/li>\n<li>Use a sponge mop to sop up the water, and then use a string mop to disinfect the area to keep mold or mildew from getting a foothold.<\/li>\n<li>Two 5-gallon buckets so you have one for dirty water and one for clean water.&nbsp; You can pick up used drywall mud buckets if you want to recycle.<\/li>\n<li>A large 5 &frac12; inch grouting sponge to spread disinfectant in those hard-to-reach places.<\/li>\n<li>Good old-fashion chlorine bleach is the best disinfectant for a flood cleanup.&nbsp;Use one cup to 5 gallons of water or 9 parts water to 1 part bleach will kill mold spores.<\/li>\n<li>Protect your hands with dishwashing gloves or thick rubber gloves.<\/li>\n<li>You can never have enough rags to help clean up and&nbsp;spread disinfectant in small areas.<\/li>\n<li>A box of heavy-duty 3-6 mil&nbsp;contractor trash bags to carry away the waste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>Familia Insurance Agency<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Familia Insurance Agency, we care about helping you protect your home investment.&nbsp;We provide insurance coverage for homes in the Kissimmee, FL area.&nbsp; Contact a Familia independent agent today to discuss your home&rsquo;s flood insurance options and keep your investment protected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to minimize water damage from a natural disaster, broken home appliance, or a ruptured pipe in your home in the Kissimmee, FL area, then you want to prepare a flood clean-up kit.&nbsp;Having a kit ready can help dry out your home faster and prevent mold, mildew, and other water damage from taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,7],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","tag-familia-insurance-agency","tag-kissimmee-fl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familiainsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}