Busted pipe- need advice

Commercialfarmer · Oct 12, 2016

I figured I'd hit up this place for some wisdom.

A water pipe in the foundation broke, but my wife caught it pretty quick and was able to get the main valve turned off.

Plumber took care of his side of things and the insurance sent out a crew to demolition and dry things.

All the laminate flooring that was involved was taken out already. One main wall was involved. They cut a hole in each side and have blowers/dehumidifier going. The guys that came out think it is drying really well. They took measurements of moisture content, started in the 40's day before yesterday, down to about 20 today. They said they are good with it under 16.

My questions are:

What should I be aware of?

Is it okay to dry the wall if the leak was caught quickly? Or is this setting us up for failure down the road- mold, etc?

How can this be determined?

Adjuster is coming to take a look.

Thanks for your thoughts.

J&amp;D Cattle · Oct 13, 2016

Before becoming a lender I sold insurance for 10 years so I've seen plenty of water damage claims. The company the insurance company sent should be able to dry the wall out. Sounds like they are handling it just as they should.

Moisture reading is really the only way to make a determination short of tearing down whatever is covering up the studs.

Commercialfarmer · Oct 13, 2016

J&D Cattle":pi4u67a9 said:
Before becoming a lender I sold insurance for 10 years so I've seen plenty of water damage claims. The company the insurance company sent should be able to dry the wall out. Sounds like they are handling it just as they should.

Moisture reading is really the only way to make a determination short of tearing down whatever is covering up the studs.

Thanks J&D. Got your reply just before the adjuster walked in. Made me feel better about the whole deal. I'm lost when it comes to knowing how to handle these things .

The guys drying apparently were successful and the fans are gone. I think they did us some favors they didn't have to do with getting things covered as well. With how this year has gone, it was appreciated.