[germanjulian]

yeah so yesterday at 11.40 pm we suddenly has some water running down a lamp in the kitchen onto the floor. I would say about 3 liters where running from the lamp onto the kitchen floor and it stopped after 20 minutes. Not that bad thank god.

anyway kitchen is ground floor. the water came from the 1st floor. There used to be a boiler which was removed and we got a nice new one in the kitchen 2 years ago. anyway suddenly yesterday out of 1 pipe (about 1.5cm thick one) where the old boiler used to be the water emerged! now never happened before and its been like this for 2 years! anyway that pipe was not sealed off so obviously no water should have ever run there etc.

anyway the water from the pipe landed on the floor (doh) went through the floor and flowed a little and then exited into the kitchen.

I have no ideal about these things but all looks ok expcet stuff is wet and I removed the wet stuff, but a bucket under the pipe (you never know might happen again) and tried the kitchen floor.

anyway. should I be worried about water damage etc? electricity is fine. I am more worried about the damp. it wasnt a lot of water and it stopped and I am hoping it will dry out and all but you know I have no clue about this. My landlord the **** is somehow unavailable and some other peope pick up (and they dont speak proper english just pakistani or something but I told them he should call me..

oh the same thing happened to my neighbours as well nextdoor... but not in any of the other flats... pooo....

[Judas]

make sure all the wet stuff is spread out and let to air dry..... don't crumple them up in a ball.. they'll start to stink and get mildue on them.. and then mold.... try and get a spunge and mop up what you can... but besides that... not much else

[GutterPunk]

well on the floor it may be a bit swollen from the water but make sure no sitting water itll slowly dry out and the swelling will go down... (if its a wood floor)

[germanjulian]

yeah its all ok now... hope it dries...

what happened is that I live in flats... and the old boilers (which I dont have any more in thsi flat) has an overflow system.... when it overflows it would go into that pipe into the next house into that boiler... which would in turn overflow etc etc till the end of the house where it would flow into a drain.... since we dont have the old boiler and more on the old system and the DUMP ass builders did not seal the pipe it overflowed into my flat.... whhooo hoooo about 10 to 16 liters I would say.. in the kitchen I had about 3 liters of water of so not so bad... still the ceiling is a wet and some carpet upstairs but not much....

[Falstaff]

for the most part, unless the water caused anything to oxidize or some components are damaged by moisture, i.e. capaciters and power rectifyers you should be okay..but to say that for any certainty requires some real intrepidity on your part..I mean poking, investigating and looking for anything..If you lived in a dry climate where the humidty is 11% or less you might benefit from just air drying...but the old try and true method of using a vacumn cleaner and removing moist air that way or using a low amp hair dryer is good too..as long as it is still wet in there though..your gonna have constant problems..
I lived in the basement of an apartment building and flooding was common..for your own peace of mind and safety, investigate the possiblity of removing the molds that occur as well, although it wont impact your hardware, can effect your media for sure..old floppies, some CD RWs and DVD discs..
if you could rig up a laminar flow area where induction would suck moist air out that would be best, old heating ducts were great for that , just create a low pressure area over the wet stuff, blow hot dry air over it, and vent it some distance away or preferably outside and it might work, and suck the molds out too...worth a try.

[Nacht]

go and get yourself a cheap de-humidifier...it will save you the pains of mold and mildew if the moisture turns out to be a problem.