Wow. You are emotional and totally taking what I said in the wrong way. I said "Really?", not the "Really?!?" that you quoted and it wasn't intended in a snarky, beat you down, imply you're stupid kind of way. Your original post described the situation as "standing sewage". With that description, it is hardly unreasonable to question a decision by an insurance company to want to salvage the appliances. Insurance companies are out for their interests, not yours. I wouldn't describe less than 1/16th of an inch of sewage in the kitchen as the "standing sewage" that you first described. That being said, sewage in the kitchen is a big deal. You mentioned you were planning on putting this home on the market in about six months. As you'll have to disclose this spill when you sell, make sure you document everything really well. If I were buying a house that had a raw sewage spill in the kitchen that required replacement of the floor and cabinetry, I would question why appliances weren't replaced. Hearing that they weren't replaced because the insurance company said they didn't need to be wouldn't be good enough. I'd want details such as the depth of the sewage and what steps were taken to clean the appliances where they came into contact with the sewage. This post was edited by Poohpup on Fri, Jan 4, 13 at 13:56

Oh, the close-up photo of the house kompy linked to took my breath away. I want to save it as my desktop pic! WGH_Ash, you really are in love and congrats on the search. "The National Assests Management Bureau" - what is that dept? is this good news or bad? I bought my house when I was 26yrs. At that time the bank manager was leery of giving a loan to a single young woman - imagine! I paid it off after 16yrs. so they had no reason to worry. Because I had a small income, making repairs and remodeling took me a very long time. I'm still remodeling after 36yrs. ha. Good luck to you and as I said, please keep us posted on your progress.

I'm so sorry. Flooded basements are such a shock. I'm a brand new member, this is my first post. In Lower Alabama we were inundated with heavier than usual rain and our new (to us) renovation building flooded last week. Bunch of tools got wet but no family keepsakes. It was city street run off water and came up our 3 floor drain holes. We now have rubber plugs in each of those holes but won't know how secure they are till another heave rain. Hope your basement will dry out ok. We have 6 inch ceramic tile basement flooring which could be over a hundred years old. At least the old cracked grout allowed it to drain.

Mary, I'm in a very similar situation as you. I live in Denham Springs and our home was flooded as well. I'm trying to find a custom cabinet maker that isn't three months out. Would you mind sending me the information on whom you used out of Mississippi? It's getting to the point where cabinets will be holding us up as we just are about done with taping and floating our Sheetrock. Any help you could provide would be great. And thanks for this original post as it has been very helpful!