Flood water in Pinal County is dirty water. It has crossed dirt roads, farm ground and drainage ditches before it reached your door, so it arrives carrying soil, fertiliser and whatever else was on the way. Anything porous it touched is contaminated, not just wet, which puts it in the same handling category as a sewage backup. Our explainer on monsoon sheet flooding covers why the ground here sheds water instead of taking it.
The cleanup is removal first. Carpet, pad, soaked drywall at the bottom of the wall, particle board cabinet bases. Then disinfection of the hard surfaces, then structural drying with equipment sized to the space. Skipping to the drying step is what causes the smell that comes back in September.
Garages and outbuildings get the same treatment, especially where boxes and stored belongings held water against a wall for a few days without anyone noticing. If the same storm also came through the roof, that half of the job is storm damage cleanup and the insurance treatment is different.
Technician insight
In this county the storm damage usually enters at the garage door threshold, not the front door. Two sandbags and a rolled towel at the garage is the highest value fifteen minutes you can spend before a July storm.
Flood Cleanup Services We Offer
✓Storm Water Extraction
Removal of outside water from living space, garages and shops.
✓Contaminated Material Disposal
Porous materials that took ground water removed and disposed of.
✓Disinfection and Odor Control
Hard surfaces treated and residual smell dealt with once the structure is dry.