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anyone in KW need help demo'ing yet? I have family looking to help

Bump as well.

Waiting on some official organized demo volunteering, but more than willing to help out anywhere. I have limited tools (shovel, box cutter, hammer), located in Katy, but can get to most places around town now. Would love to help some fellow Ags.

It may be a few days before people can even get back into their homes and start the demo process.

For those looking to help in the interim, I found this through Baker Ripley:

https://m.facebook.com/susantherealtor/posts/10155217515087886

I also would love to help out in this regard. I live in the galleria area but would go anywhere. Have some tools (chop saw, recip saw, circular saw, etc).

I'm available for most the day tomorrow. PM me or respond here if you need help.

Ferris Wheel Allstar said:

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anyone in KW need help demo'ing yet? I have family looking to help

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I just drove down Kings Forest Dr off of Woodland Hills and looked for people working. There was a mob of volunteers working its way down the street.

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Ferris Wheel Allstar said:

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anyone in KW need help demo'ing yet? I have family looking to help

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I just drove down Kings Forest Dr off of Woodland Hills and looked for people working. There was a mob of volunteers working its way down the street.

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We found some family friends in KW to help.

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All 6 Second Baptist locations are coordinating cleanup efforts. Sign up here if you'd like help with your home OR if you want to volunteer. Home Remediation

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Do this. I was out in Fulsher today and will be back out there tomorrow.

This is a great idea.

I have a practically new circular saw I'd be happy to let someone have. It's a Craftsman. Based on my understanding if you set it to a half inch you can use it to cut your drywall at 4 ft quickly. If you want it let me know.

Howdy! I am from Port Arthur, Texas. I have a 1100 square foot house that I may need some help with as well as numerous Aggies in that area. The area is still in rescue mode and the water has not gone down yet. I do know that once the water goes down then demolition can begin such as carrying out items that are wet, pulling up carpet, setting up fans and dehumidifiers to help prevent mold, etc. Please contact me if any of you plan to be in that area at some point. My email is kclarke@tamu.edu or hurricanekelly2017@gmail.com. Thanks.

Helping a friend this weekend. A few newbie questions for those with experience:

1. If the water has completely receded, is it ok to turn the electricity back on or does it depend on the water line being above power outlets?
2. Any tips for what height above the water line to cut at?
3. How do you cut around power outlets, cable, laundry room connections, etc. without knowing where the stuff you may accidentally cut is?
4. If my friend does not have any box fans or dehumidifiers, are they available at the big box stores or are they out? Does it still help doing this work if we have no or few fans?

Thanks guys. Lookibg forward to help and learn what I can this weekend and beyond if anyone else needs some cheap free but unskilled labor.

twodognight said:

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Helping a friend this weekend. A few newbie questions for those with experience:

1. If the water has completely receded, is it ok to turn the electricity back on or does it depend on the water line being above power outlets?
2. Any tips for what height above the water line to cut at?
3. How do you cut around power outlets, cable, laundry room connections, etc. without knowing where the stuff you may accidentally cut is?
4. If my friend does not have any box fans or dehumidifiers, are they available at the big box stores or are they out? Does it still help doing this work if we have no or few fans?

Thanks guys. Lookibg forward to help and learn what I can this weekend and beyond if anyone else needs some cheap free but unskilled labor.

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1. Turn the master on first. Make sure you're on dry ground. If it didn't get above the outlets it's probably fine. Switch the circuits on one at a time. If any pop, leave them off.

2. Minimum 12" above the wet sheetrock, which will be above the waterline. Easiest is to go to 4' or the seam.

3. Be careful don't use a saw, it makes a lot of dust. You can just score the tape with a utility knife and pull it off by hand. Kick a hole in the bottom and work your way up.

4. Get as many as you can. Window units work as well.

If you have neighbors, friends or co-workers who need assistance with remediating their homes, please have them call 800-451-1954 or register at crisiscleanup.org.

Ive spent the past 2 days mucking out homes...

I strongly suggest requiring power off when removing sheetrock.

Our process is the following:
1. Make homeowner document their home with video
2. Remove all wet stuff like furniture and dump on curb.
3.remove flooring as needed. Cut carpet in smaller parts...its heavy.
4. Remove doors and frames....big crowbars work great for this.
5. Remove sheetrock....usually we go to 4 ft, unless water only went up 6.to 12". We use a chalkline, and run a box cutter on the line. No need for saws on this...make too much dust. Use crowbars, hammers, and hands.
6. Remove baseboards...crowbars and hammers here
7. Pull out insulation...pocket knives work good here. Make sure and get above the water line, but dont oull it down from above.
8. Dump it all on the ground, pick up, put in wheel barrows and dump on curb. Flat headed shovels, metal snow shovels are awesome, large brooms are nice.

9. Be careful and safe.

We recommend using humans that are 14 and older.

Need help in Kingwood, TX
Starting sheetrock removal tomorrow - could use ANY help.

Need box cutter, hammers, shovel, wheelbarrow, anything to help with the removal
Generator? Fan?

Not sure what part of katy your are in, but we will be on lake dr today off greenbusch/ by the walmart. Ask for Corey if you want to find me.

Pretty much all of the active churches are trying to get programs rolling to help in an organized fashion. Here are a few links to their harvey pages, these all have places to sign up both for those needing help and for those wanting to help.

https://houstonsfirst.org/lovefirst

http://bayoucityfellowship.com/harvey/

http://www.gbchouston.org/Harvey

For those that live in the north west, community of faith has teams helping with demo.

The church has signups for both help needs and volunteers and are sending crews out daily in two shifts: 8-1 and 2-7. Please visit the link below to sign up.

Please click on "I need help" to submit a work request for a home in need, or "I can help" to volunteer.

https://www.cof.tv/

Interesting video on how to take out sheet rock. Looks really fast... folks at the house I was at yesterday were sawing all around, and this looks like it would save a lot of time.

https://www.facebook.com/MBoyd77/videos/1347489771929638/

Is anyone in the Texas city/la marque area? My dad's elderly neighbors still have wet carpet in their house that needs to be removed. My dad is not physically able to help them. I'm not sure if there is anything else. House only got a few inches.

ensign_beedrill said:

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Interesting video on how to take out sheet rock. Looks really fast... folks at the house I was at yesterday were sawing all around, and this looks like it would save a lot of time.

https://www.facebook.com/MBoyd77/videos/1347489771929638/

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This. That's why they say go four feet. That's typically going to be where the sheets butt together. No need to cut with box cutter or saw. It will have to be taped, floated and textured when repaired. Any paper damage to the sheet above can be fixed at that time.

Insurance agent told me 4 feet...or at least 1 foot higher than it flooded.

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Is anyone in the Texas city/la marque area? My dad's elderly neighbors still have wet carpet in their house that needs to be removed. My dad is not physically able to help them. I'm not sure if there is anything else. House only got a few inches.

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We heard that trash needs to be sorted by type for pickup as different stuff gets disposed of differently. For example, split up by appliances, furniture, sheetrock and insulation, general trash in bags.

I'm not sure if this is really needed but a lot of the houses in Spring we're doing this.

I just reached out to a friend who lives in Hitchcock and knows a lot of people to see if she knows anyone who might be able to help. If you private message me the address I can provide it to her. Can't make any guarantees but, hopefully, we can get these folks some help.

ellebee said:

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Is anyone in the Texas city/la marque area? My dad's elderly neighbors still have wet carpet in their house that needs to be removed. My dad is not physically able to help them. I'm not sure if there is anything else. House only got a few inches.

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They got help. Thanks for the offer CW!!