The sewer line backed up into my house this morning. It filled the slop sink next to the washing machine in the laundry room, and overflowed by what I would guess is 5 gallons. The laundry room and the adjoining family room have porcelain tile floors. The laundry room floor was soaked, and the water seeped into the family room, entering about a foot of the family room floor (the rest of the family room floor was dry).
So we had a plumber come to fix the sewer line problem. Then the remediation people came. They are saying that the entire family room needs remediation. The bottom 2 feet of wallboard and baseboard in the family room needs to be cut out, and then we need anti-mold chemicals, dryers, air scrubbers, etc., to the tune of $5800. The house will be unlivable if we don't do this.
My bf thinks we can skip the professional remediation and do it ourselves, and that the walls are NOT wet at all (I do see his point -- I saw how far the water got into the family room, and it did not get to the walls).
Thoughts? Anyone been through this?