So another long, arduous day of mind numbing work has come to an end. You slump into your house, completely exhausted and you can almost here your bathtub calling your name. So, you go upstairs and go into your bathroom and turn on the water. Before you can even think about that nice hot bath, you hear the phone ring. You go downstairs and answer the phone and before you know it you have been on the phone for nearly half an hour.

As you hang up, you realize you have left the water on and dart upstairs to turn the water off. Your bathroom floor is a soaking mess and needs to be cleaned. So, how do you go about cleaning up this mess before any water or mold damage sets in? Well, here are some steps you can take to prevent most, if not all, damage.

The first thing you need to do is get some towels and soak up all of the water from the floor. It is important that after you use the towels to take them to your washing machine as soon as possible so that they do not become magnets for mold themselves. After you have put them in your washing machine, you need to mop up your floor once or twice to get rid of any excess water that you missed with the towels.

The next thing you need to do is to check around the walls of your bathroom floor, specifically around the baseboards as mold can grow in the cracks between the floor and the board. Make sure that you are very thorough when you look, because when mold grows, it releases spores that can get into your lungs and cause respiratory sickness that, if left unchecked, can become a serious and expensive health problem.

Some other things to keep in mind when you are cleaning up a bathtub overflow is to make sure that no water has made its way into your hallway. The water can get into your carpet and become a feeding ground for mold. It can be very difficult for you to get the mold out of carpet, so it is best to catch this water as early as possible.

Another thing to consider is that there may have been water to get inside the cracks of your floor. If your floor is tiled and there is any missing grout, water can seep into them. Using a dehumidifier for a few hours until all traces of the water has dried and out of the air is a great idea. Spraying disinfectant around your baseboards and other floor area should help prevent any mold from forming.

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