Originally Posted by
Jay Barnett
I inpspected a foreclosure recently with just bottom half of all sheetrock around house removed. Every room, every wall down to the studs and electrical wire. Found that house went into foreclosure in october but wasn't winterized until feb. Pipes had already burst and caused alot of damage. so only the bottom half that was damaged was removed. maybe in this case they removed all???
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Jay,
It's typical for a Fire & Water Restoration Company to tear out the lower portion of a water damaged house & remove the wet insulation on the exterior walls.
The way I've seen it work is everything that's wet is removed, fans, dehumidifiers are ran for several days with a moisture reading taken everyday until the structure is dry.