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This is part of the cine' film archive. It used to have carpeting in the room. The room had a mildew smell to it unless you kept it aired out regularly. The room is part underground. From what I gather, anything built subterranean can have issues with moisture. The room got flooded in June 2026. I ripped out the wet carpet and pad. I was going to put in floor tile but found out it has a sealed concrete for subfloor. Tile can come lose from sealed concrete unless the sealant is ground off. Acrylic adhesive does not help. It was too much $$ to fool with, so I went with plain concrete floor. About the only good thing from this mess is that I can now roll around heavy shelving with ease compared to hardly budging the shelving with 2 people before. In fact, sometimes the casters would break off as it was so hard moving heaving shelving on the carpet. I will send in a post on casters sometime. I spent weeks on my hand and knees scraping, wire wheeling, sanding, polishing, hand scrubbing and mopping the concrete floor. It is not perfect, but much cleaner than when the rugs were pulled up with all the paint spills and adhesive that was under the rugs. Here is a sample of what concrete flooring can look like under wall-to-wall carpeting. Plus, the perimeter had nailed in carpet strips when removed leave pock mark holes all around. When construction is done the workers don't care if they drip paint or drywall mud and make a mess on concrete if they know it will be carpeted. The arrows show the glue trail they put down to anchor the carpet padding. It was very hard to remove. And chemicals would not touch it. You also have to be careful what chemicals you use on sealed concrete or you can cause blooming. Here is an example of blooming on sealed concrete caused by a 16mm film reel with vinegar syndrome sitting directly on it that happened over a few weeks. I thought about LVP floor. But flooding or moisture creeping was an issue. And if you roll heavy loads over it, you can have plank separation. Epoxy floors are nice, but they won't stick on sealed concrete. You have to grind off the concrete sealant 1/8" - 1/4" to get at bare concrete. If and when another flood hits the concrete floor won't have many issues except to shop vac it up and mop it down a couple times. ...as long as everything if off the floor. Well, that's the score on 10.1.2026. Back to moving the cine' film back in....I'm finishing up the 'H' section. Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

In 2001 a flood hit in Ohio and destroyed my VHS archive as well as some of my personal photography that was stored in a basement. Raw sewage and mold took care of it and I lost it all. On 6.22.2026 we got a torrential downpour at 4.30PM and the cine' film archive got flooded. I didn't know it until the next day when I started to smell things and walked in the room. Luckily it was not sewage, but the carpet and pad were soaked and everything sitting on it was wet. Maybe the only safe place might be the 2nd floor if you got an attic to catch the drips if the roof leaks? I'll be out for some time with this mess. I'm old and health is poor, so work goes very slow. No insurance. I'm chipping away at pulling up the rug and pad after I vacuumed everything with a wet Shop Vac. I've felt sick from the wet stink the last few days. But every day seems to get a smidgeon better than the previous day. Subfloor is concrete, so at least it is not a mess of moldy plywood. BTW, if you want to pull up wall to wall carpet; get some big pliers and go to the corner of the rug. Grab / pinch the corner and pull up. It removes the carpet from the nail strip. Get a dedicated carpet knife to cut the carpet. I've tried all sort of knives; carpet knives work best. But have lots of blades. Cut sections of carpet that you can deal with and roll them up and secure with duct tape. I hope to be back to the forum someday, once I get caught up. Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography