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When your home floods, you don’t need a sales pitch — you need to know what to do right now. flood.repair turns the official guidance from FEMA, the CDC, the EPA and the IICRC into clear, calm, step-by-step answers. We inform. We don’t sell anything.
Five guides that cover the whole emergency
From the first frantic minutes to the insurance claim weeks later — each hub gathers the complete, cited answer in one place.
What To Do When Your House Floods
The master guide to your first 48 hours — safety, shut-offs, triage and recovery.
Read the guide 02Water Damage Cleanup & Drying
How to remove water, dry the structure, and decide what to salvage.
Read the guide 03Flood Safety & Health Risks
Electrical, contamination, structural and re-entry hazards — and how to avoid them.
Read the guide 04Mold After Water Damage
The 24–48 hour mold window, prevention, detection, and when to test.
Read the guide 05Flood & Water Damage Insurance
NFIP vs. homeowners, what’s covered, documentation, and how to file.
Read the guideLatest guides
All articles →What to Do When a Pipe Bursts in Your Home
A calm, step-by-step guide to a burst pipe: how to shut off the water and power fast, contain the flooding, document for insurance, dry out, and prevent it from happening again — built from FEMA, CDC, Red Cross and IICRC guidance.
Jun 12, 2026 10 min read
InsuranceHow to Document Flood Damage for Insurance
A step-by-step method for documenting flood damage for an insurance claim: photos, video, a room-by-room inventory, the duty to mitigate, and how to protect your payout — built from FEMA, NFIP and consumer-protection guidance.
Jun 12, 2026 10 min read
When It FloodsThe First 24 Hours After a Flood: A Step-by-Step Checklist
Exactly what to do in the first 24 hours after a flood: a calm, step-by-step checklist for safety, stopping the water, documenting damage, and starting to dry out — built from FEMA, CDC and Red Cross guidance.
Jun 12, 2026 9 min read
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Most flood advice online comes from companies that want your service call. We’re not one of them. flood.repair exists to answer the question fully and send you on your way. Every procedure here is synthesized from public guidance issued by the agencies that set the standards — and we link straight to the source so you can verify it.
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