Flooded home - FEMA Disaster Relief tips?

I gotta say also what a badass community I live in. A volunteer group setup up a hot meal tent in the middle of the neighborhood and fed us all lunch and dinner. Also had a woman driving around handing out free takeout pizzas and other groups walking up and down the street handing out water, ice, cleaning supplies, and trash bags.

Anyone have any experience with staining concrete yourself? I'm thinking of tearing out the ceramic tile in the wet areas and just staining the entire slab. My parents did it about 10 years ago to their old house and it came out great.

The factory edge on sheetrock slightly thinner than the center , to acomodate for tape and mud at the seams .
It is fine at 2 foot , as long as you are certain , the insulation has not whicked water further up.
I prefer the 4 foot cut and gut , i dont have to bend over to tape and mud , and it is easier to do all my outlets and have a finish that looks perfect .
Glad to hear you are on top if it .
Good luck .

You are supposed to tear out drywall 24" above the water line due to wicking of the paper.
As others have mentioned before, cut at 48".
If the original drywall was properly installed it will be about 3/8" off the floor. Look for a drywall foot jack.
It only costs about $10.00.
If they installed the drywall horizontally you should be able to find the seam near the 4' mark.

Best of luck.

The guys that did my water abatement cut about 24" up, but they also were able to get on it the same day it flooded.

House is drying now finally. I finished removing drywall, insulation, cleaned up everything, then sprayed down the studs real well with Concrobium and then bleach/water. 24" cuts were more than fine in all areas except one where I went up to 48" to get above the wet insulation. I found black mold in a few spots, they were soaked in Concrobium. I have the central ac turned low, all ceiling fans on, and my good dehumidifier set up in the master bedroom which was the worst.

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I gutted both bathrooms but was able to save the kitchen cabinets thankfully. Drywall is going to be impossible to find anywhere around Houston in a couple weeks when everyone starts rebuilding at the same time. Really wish I had a truck, then I'd buy a little bit at a time when I find it.

I cut the tenants rent in half while this is going on so at least the mortgage gets paid. FEMA is reimbursing them for everything and putting them up in a hotel for 30 days.

Every house in the neighborhood flooded, looks like Mogadishu.

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We have plenty of drywall here , for now .
Make a purchase of what you need , and have it trucked from the west coast to you .