Walker Cinemas flood repair

The goal

First, get every wet material out and the slab dry. At the same time, protect the concession equipment, seating and the tile walkways that could stay. Finally, put the theater back in front of customers as fast as possible, because every closed day was lost ticket and concession revenue.

What we built in this North Ogden commercial flood repair

• Inspection: documented water in the lobby, concession area, hallways, auditoriums and office
• Tear-out: removed wet carpet, pad and wall base down to the concrete slab
• Drying: ran air movers through the concession area and halls until the slab was dry
• Lobby and entry: new commercial carpet tile, fitted to the existing tile walkway and entry border
• Hallways: new carpet tile from the lobby to every auditorium door
• Auditoriums: new carpet tile down the aisles and cross aisles, cut in around the seating platforms
• Office: new carpet tile in the back office
• Wall base: new base set along every repaired wall
• Final clean so the theater could reopen

Details that mattered

Carpet tile was the right call for a theater. Because it goes down in squares, it fits around fixed seating and tile walkways without seams across the traffic paths. In addition, if one area is ever stained or wet again, the owner can swap a few tiles instead of the whole room.