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Cleaning and disinfection of house
All surfaces, in the flooded homes, need to clean and disinfect.Chemicals for disinfection
Dirt and debris from walls and floors should be removed with a shovel or a stiff brush. Then they need to be washed with cleanser or soap powder and washed off with boiled water.  To prevent mold, cleaned floors and walls need to be disinfected. To cleanse and disinfect of premises and work surfaces, as well as places for cooking and food storage, you can use any of existing cleansers and desinfectants, such as Domestos, ACE, Colorox. After disinfection (which should be not less than 15 minutes), the surface should be rinsed out with clean water. Recommendations of production plant how to use the cleanser, usually specified on the package. On the walls, ceilings and floors, disinfectant should be applied with a brush, necessarily in the mask and rubber gloves. It also can be sprayed, but in this case the agent is sprayed into the air and it's easy to poison oneself. Leave it on a surface that disinfection, for 2ds to be done and with 4 hours, you must also constantly ventilate outbuildings.
Disinfection of large surfaces and bad ventilated rooms (eg basements) must doing special teams.

 Attention! Disinfection facilities are harmful to humans. If you independently carries out disinfection should take precautionary measures: before and after the work well ventilate the room, think about protecting the respiratory tract (eg a mask made ​​of cloth) and use gloves and protective clothing. Necessary adhere to the recommended dosage as listed on the packaging.
 Technical water
For cleaning and disinfecting houses needed different chemicals, which soluble in water. If you can not do differently, water for cleaning and disinfection of premises taken from the well, even before it would be disinfected. But this water should be boiled first and only then use it. Such a "technical water", is definitely, not suitable for drinking.

 Chemicals for disinfection house
  • Sodium hypochlorite (according to package directions)
  • Bleach (diluted in water in proportion 1:10)
  • Chloramine (3-percent solution, but always check that the manufacturer recommends)
  • Slaked lime (20-percent solution of calcium hydroxide)-for disinfecting basements, barns, warehouses and other outbuildings.

 What to do if has happened leak of liquid fuel in the house
During a flood can happen displacement heating boilers, that are working on liquid fuel or breakdown of the system, which is supplies fuel to the boiler. This becomes a cause fuel leaks. It gets into the water and floats to surface. Even if it is  collect, on the walls will be dirt, and from them will be exhale harmful for humans evaporation. Concentrated evaporation of liquid fuel in a closed room, can cause a fire.

 If such situation arises, necessarily:High Pressure Washer
  • address to special service, that pumped water with the liquid fuel;
  • before you go into the house, it is necessary ventilate the area, using powerful fan;
  • as soon as possible to remove all items from the house, soaked with fuel, avoiding direct skin contact with contaminated objects;
  • not switch on heaters with forced air circulation until the house is not well aired;
  • not purify contaminated with liquid fuel wallpaper, decorating walls or insulation, likely, it will need  put down the drain;
    • call a special team, which will clean out floor, ceiling, walls and other rooms of the house from remnants of liquid fuel.

    With no outside help, walls can be cleaned by water using high pressure washing equipment with the addition of special funds for cleaning liquid fuels: some firms that offer funds for cleaning of industrial machinery, have such funds.
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