On Jul 20, 10:04*pm, (Danielle Eastman) wrote:
Our basement flooded in January and we had to replace the sheet rock.
There was also an area of popcorn ceiling at the entry into the
basement. *We hired some one to resheet rock and remove popcorn ceiling
finish. *We had put some plastic up, but did not realize the devastation
that the contractor would be doing to our whole home. *He did not warn
us or put up any protection or suggest that we did. *He sanded the 3
foot by 5 foot popcorn ceiling and sent a plum of white dust through out
the house through the duct work as well as blowing to the second floor.
( we thought that there would be a vacuum system on any major sanding
that he did) We tried to get this terrible dust up by vacuuming to no
satisfaction. *(the dust made our window screen WHITE). *We were very
upset with the way the contractor did this. *We had no idea what was
going to happen. *Then as he was getting ready to finish the walls he
did it again *and it went all through the house again. *

My question is does anyone know how we can get this terrible dust out of
our home. *We have tried our vacuum cleaner and it just cakes up in the
cleaner or blows out of the back. *This is making our family sick and is
in everything *It has to be in the ducts as well as carpeting,
furniture, clothing and bedding. *Can we rent something get it up? *We
have tried washing the basement floor, but it does not seem to help. *We
cannot put carpeting down until we get this all out of the house. *We
are worried that we will have to take the rest of the carpeting in our
home up because of the dust.

We would appreciate any ideas on how we can get this dust out of our
home.
Thank you so very much.

Betty

Sorry you got stuck with a a sloppy incompetent contractor. Your next
stop should be your lawyer. He can advise you on what legal steps can
be taken for compensation for the damage. The best way to get rid of
the mess is to call Servpro or another remediation specialist to clean
it up.
Your contractor was obviously not familiar with smaller remodeling
jobs. It is common in some wide open construction projects to omit
dust control since the structure is not completely weather tight. It
may be helpful to talk to more experienced remodelers to learn what
dust management techniques they use to show what was lacking in your
project.
In my projects I use a vacuum sanding system called a Magna Sand that
dumps the dust in a water bucket before it reaches the Shop Vac. Pros
likely have something similar. It tends to make the plastic curtaining
almost 99% effective in my experience.

Joe