Hurricane Damage and Oriental Rugs – What To Do If Your Rug Is Flooded

With Hurricane Irma threatening southern Florida, here are some tips to help protect and preserve your wool and silk area rugs.

  • If your rug is damaged by RAINWATER from a roof leak, it needs to be picked up and restored as soon as possible. Hurricane Roofer is the Central Florida roofing company that you can trust to help with roof damage. Depending on flooding, we may not be able to get into your neighborhood right away, but we will be there as soon as possible. Please do not hang your cherished area rug as this could cause dye migration, stretching, etc.
  • If you have access to power and have a shop vac, vacuum the area rug as thoroughly as you can to remove as much water as possible and then call Oriental Rug Salon at 239-424-8171

Oriental Rug Salon has technicians standing by 24/7 that can dispatch one of our rug cleaning specialists to your home, pick up the area rug, and complete the restoration process in our rug cleaning plant.

  • If your rugs are wet from RISING FLOOD WATER or RAW SEWAGE, your insurance company will most likely want to replace your wool or silk area rug rather than restore it due to the contaminants that are carried by flood waters.  Chances are we can restore your area rug so that you don’t have to accept the pittance your insurance company may offer as “fair market value.”

We understand that some people don’t have flood insurance, their rugs may be very valuable, or even sentimental. In that case, we are happy to attempt to save your rug for you. We will initiate a dye preservation process followed with an anti-bacterial application and full submersion washing and drying.  Please follow the above steps to extract as much moisture from your area rug as you can to assist in the preservation process.

*** IMPORTANT: The preceding information is in regard to AREA RUGS ONLY. NOT wall to wall carpet.

If you have water damage on your wall to wall carpet, or in your walls, please call iMold US Water Damage and Restoration Services at (239) 208-6572.  They are a trusted vendor and certified to assist homeowners in restoring their property after a water event.

They are a trusted vendor and certified to assist homeowners in restoring their property after a water event.  iMold will work directly with your insurance company so this is one less frustrating detail you’ll have to deal with.

Oriental Rug Salon is a full-service rug cleaning and repair facility serving clients throughout SW Florida.  We are a Certified Partner with the prestigious Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) and the International Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI).  In addition, we are A+ rated with the Better Business Bureau and a four-year-in-a-row-winner of the coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award.

For more information about Oriental Rug Salon, please visit us online at www.OrientalRugSalon.com or call us anytime at 239-424-8171.

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