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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

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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
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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


Just lots of vacuuming, shop or upright depending. Change the filters
or bags as they fill up.

Run your HVAC system with the fan on "ON" change, filter as needed.

A 3' x 5' popcorn ceiling area is pretty small. If it was gypboard
popcorn, water spray & scrape would have been the method. If it was
hard plaster popcorn, rough trowel knock down & they mud or plaster
to get to smooth.

Your contractor should had made dust control arrangements, not all
that hard.

Seal off "clean" area of house & shop vac the dirty areas

The HVAC ducts should be fairly clean if you have a filter on the
system

A dry wall sander could have been helpful.

Now that the dust is all over the place...its a vacuum & wash
effort.......multiple times. Lots of vacuum bags / filters.

Just keep cleaning, you will eventually get it all but it will take
time & effort

cheers
Bob
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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




I am wondering was this contractor insured? Even if they weren't, why
did you make final payment upon job completion? Should have been held
back until the job was done, including cleanup, even if they had to
sub-k out the cleaning.

Then as he was getting ready to finish the walls he
did it again


errrr, and you let him?

(made final pmt, let him do it twice...signs of trolling here)

Assuming you are posting this and it is summer where you are and you say
it got spread throughout the house via the HVAC, you were running the
AC?! First, I hope you've changed the filter since! Second, Someone
needs to check the coil on the AC. If it got caked with dust it
seriously needs to be cleaned by an HVAC company. The AC filter is to
keep the everyday NORMAL dust out of the coils. What you describe is
stuff that can trash AC coils prematurely. The coil is not cheap. The
labor to replace it is not cheap.

Now go check the filter again.

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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


Thats to small an area to make the stink you are making about it, have
you ever tried a maid to really clean your house, try one once, it
might take 2 times. Yes he should have been smarter, but so should
have you, was he the cheapest price.


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How did it get into the duct work ???? ,clothing ,bedding ???
I'll admit it does get messy but you sound like you just want to bitch
!! You put up plastic , you didn't do a good enough of a job !! How did
he blow it up stairs ???
SORRY

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Trolling down the river in the summer time. I smell a fish. That story
stinks !!!
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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.


First, I guess you've taken this up with the contractor and he has
'declined' to clean up the mess ?
Take detailed pictures of all the dust in ductwork, carpet, on floor and
wherever first, before cleaning.
You could consider legal action against the fellow but for a job of this
size, the lawyers would probably "eat" any funds recovered.
"Small claims" court could be a possibility. If you decide to do it on your
own:

As far as general vacuuming of drywall dust goes, there are SPECIAL filters
made for this purpose. Using your 'regular' vacuum for drywall dust WILL
ruin your VAC. If you have a heavy duty Shop-Vac type, get a drywall dust
filter and go over everything again...maybe twice. If you dont have one,
check with your local Industrial rental place.

You may need a DUCT Doctor type guy to clean your ductwork. The prior
advice about your furnace/ A-C filter and coil is a must.

If you haven't paid the full amount, I'd hold the balance and use it for the
cleaning/filters etc above.


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Thanks Rudy, We will check with an industrial rental company and get
the filter.
We fianlly had to tell them to leave. They actually started to sand for
the third tme! We strongly suspect that they were on something. It was
a learnig experience. We have built 2 homes and never had this problem.
Sometimes people have to cut their losses and walk away. Angry...of
course, but we will get over it.
Thanks very much Rudy, for the information.

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Jerry, Thanks for the concern. I wish it was a fish! We could throw it
out with the garbage!!!! We did definitely make bad calls. The people
that did our job were the son and daughter-in-law (licensed contractors)
of a very sweet little old lady in our church. Don't usually fall for
that , but you are right...it was our call...our mistake. I am not
asking for sympathy. Just answers to do what is needed . Our home is
a split entry and the popcorn ceiling was at the bottom of our stairs
and as he sanded with the power sander it went everywhere. We did have
plastic and you are right, we should have done more. Probably the cold
air return should have been covered. We did not know. We have changed
the filter many times...even have a filter over the cold air return
downstairs that we have changed. plus a standing HEPA air filter system.
Jerry, you make it sound so black and white and maybe it is. STUPID is
what we were, but that is over and now we have written to this forum to
find answers. I would have made up a better story than this. We do
appreciate all of the information that everyone provided and any other
suggestions, but Jerry, you don't need to reply. We will be fine. We
will get through this like all people do. Again, thank you all very
much.



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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


Rainbow vac. The trouble with standard vacs for dust is this: Either the
dust is smaller than the pores in the bag, and just blows through and
back into the room, or the dust is larger than the pores, and clogs the
pores in about a minute.

(No, I'm not a Rainbow evangelist. I don't even own one, although I did
many years ago. But for this application, they're appropriate.)
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Jerry, Thanks for the concern. I wish it was a fish! We could throw it
out with the garbage!!!! We did definitely make bad calls. The people
that did our job were the son and daughter-in-law (licensed contractors)
of a very sweet little old lady in our church. Don't usually fall for
that , but you are right...it was our call...our mistake. I am not
asking for sympathy. Just answers to do what is needed . Our home is
a split entry and the popcorn ceiling was at the bottom of our stairs
and as he sanded with the power sander it went everywhere. We did have
plastic and you are right, we should have done more. Probably the cold
air return should have been covered. We did not know. We have changed
the filter many times...even have a filter over the cold air return
downstairs that we have changed. plus a standing HEPA air filter system.
Jerry, you make it sound so black and white and maybe it is. STUPID is
what we were, but that is over and now we have written to this forum to
find answers. I would have made up a better story than this. We do
appreciate all of the information that everyone provided and any other
suggestions, but Jerry, you don't need to reply. We will be fine. We
will get through this like all people do. Again, thank you all very
much.


This cleanup sounds very much like the cleanup that was necessary when
asbestos was discovered in the office where I used to work. The heating
ducts were immediately vacuumed out with a commercial hepa vacuum and then
sealed off. The area immediately affected was sealed off with heavy gauge
plastic. The area outside of that area was then cleaned with a commercial
hepa filtered vacuum with the exhaust vented to the outside through yet
another filter. When that was finished, the newly cleaned area was lightly
pressurized and the same procedure was followed in the sealed off area which
was now negatively pressured. It took a couple of weeks for the whole
process to be completed (removal of the asbestos and the cleanup).

Good luck with your cleanup

Ron

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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


Too bad you didn't ask here about methods for mitigating dust during
construction, I'm sure you would have gotten a lot of good ideas.

But for now all you can do is maybe get a crew of Polish cleaning
ladies over to the house 2 weekends in a row. The Poles here
(Chicagoland) tend to start that business when they immigrate, and man
they are good. Do this for a couple weeks in a row and things will be
back to normal. A whole house vacuum system would help too as regular
vacumm bags do release a percentage of their dust again.

For the future. When doing interior sanding I find that if I cause a
negative pressure draft in the room I'm sanding it will prevent any
dust infiltration out of that room. Additionally a cheap water bucket
sanding device works wonders, a small vacuum sucks through your
sanding pad with a water bubbler in the middle. Also you can wet sand
a popcorn ceiling to knock down the heavy parts first then do a dry
sanding the next day for final smoothing. But I still like negative
pressurizing a room with a fan in window for any kind of dusty work.

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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


Too bad you didn't ask here about methods for mitigating dust during
construction, I'm sure you would have gotten a lot of good ideas.

But for now all you can do is maybe get a crew of Polish cleaning
ladies over to the house 2 weekends in a row. *The Poles here
(Chicagoland) tend to start that business when they immigrate, and man
they are good. *Do this for a couple weeks in a row and things will be
back to normal. *A whole house vacuum system would help too as regular
vacumm bags do release a percentage of their dust again.

For the future. *When doing interior sanding I find that if I cause a
negative pressure draft in the room I'm sanding it will prevent any
dust infiltration out of that room. *Additionally a cheap water bucket
sanding device works wonders, a small vacuum sucks through your
sanding pad with a water bubbler in the middle. *Also you can wet sand
a popcorn ceiling to knock down the heavy parts first then do a dry
sanding the next day for final smoothing. *But I still like negative
pressurizing a room with a fan in window for any kind of dusty work.- Hide quoted text -

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I made a huge wallboard dust cloud once by cutting a rather large
opening with a circular saw. Fortunatley I had the presence of mind
to open the nearest window and turn the whole house fan on high. The
cloud of dust moved out like some sort of scifi movie.

Vacuums with bags are useless for wall board dust. It clogs the bag
in a few minutes. I use my shop vac and connect a 2nd hose to the
outlet and run that out the window.
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On Jul 20, 11:04*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


you need a vacuum with a HEPA filter, and you'll need several spare
filters. Drywall dust is very fine and will trash your average shop-
vac quite rapidly.

nate


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I destroyed our wonderful expensive vacuum cleaner trying to suck up drywall
dust. The bearings didn't like it. Use a cheap ShopVac with their good
filter instead.

Wetting the dust first would be my recommendation...anything to keep the
dust out of the air.

John


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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

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:04:27 -0700, (Danielle
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Our basement flooded in January and we had to replace the sheet rock.

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

Betty



Change your filters and vacuum bag often. Shampoo carpet/upholstery
and dryclean draperies. Soft rags and a can of Enddust. Clean
everything. If there is airborne dust, duct tape a furnace filter
over a box fan (when the filter gets clogged, change it to improve
efficiency and to prevent motor burnout).


This is going to take a lot of work that could have been prevented.
Next time, tape off the room with plastic sheeting.


This is what happens when homeowners try to run their own job...The sanding
was normal...You said you have had TWO houses built and you didn't realize
there was dust involved with drywall ??? Exactly how did you expect them to
remove the popcorn from the ceiling ???Guess what ?? the next drywall guys
are gonna sand as well...Tossing out the first guys accomplished
nothing...May as well wait till the job is complete now...What you SHOULD do
and should have done in the begining is rent some of those plastic walls
that are held up like a Shower curtain rod or build your own by pressure
fitting 2X4's or strapping adding a few screws and stapling plastic up TIGHT
OR tell the drywall guy it is his responsibility and he will include it in
his price and do it..Turn off AC untill job is done...As for clean up , rent
a Porter Cable or Makita shopvac and vacume everything...Shampoo rugs
...Remove window screens and wash with a hose..Dust with Pledge and clean
with what ever cleaner you use for the other stuff..Call HVAC guy to clean
ducts and AC coil...Good luck...Hope you learned something...If putting up
barriers isn't in the contract it is YOUR responsibility...Drywall guys do
drywall..House cleaners clean houses....

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benick wrote:

This is what happens when homeowners try to run their own job...The
sanding was normal...You said you have had TWO houses built and you
didn't realize there was dust involved with drywall


??? Exactly how
did you expect them to remove the popcorn from the ceiling ???Guess
what ?? the next drywall guys are gonna sand as well


Why on earth would anyone sand popcorn without taking appropriate steps to
prevent the spread of the dust? Sound like total incompetence to me. Wetting it
and scraping seems a lot more reasonable to me, Or at least setting up an
exhaust fan to create a negative pressure area, and sealing the nearby ducts,
etc.


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