Possible rain damage…

[Danuman]

Well, it seems I’ve had some bad luck.

 

We were on holiday for a bit, so today for the first time in about two weeks I went to my study/music room, when I noticed a smell.
 

I thought maybe it was something in the bin, or maybe my son (6) had been up here, but I didn’t find anything. After playing for a bit I decided it was bad enough that I really should find out what was causing the smell.

 

It seems quite a lot of rain got in through the (closed) air vent above the non-opening window in our (fairly new) dormer - probably during storm Benjamin the other week. We’ve only been living in this house for about six months, and the weather apparently hadn’t been too terrible over here, so I never even thought to check.

 

Unfortunately, this means it’s very likely that all of my amplification equipment was stood on a sodden piece of rug for about ten days…

 

Two Vanderkley cabs (mould in the covers), a Genz Benz shuttle in a wet gig bag, an Eden WT550 head in a gator case and a 2008 Deluxe Reverb. The soldering station on the windowsill is standing in a puddle of orange liquid. Fortunately it seems my guitars have been spared.

 

So how bad do you think this is? Obviously, I’ve moved everything to a dry place and I won’t be powering any of it on for a bit, but is there anything else I should (or shouldn’t) be doing?
 

Thanks for reading, all tips are gratefully received!

 

 

[Downunderwonder]

Mouldy covers need a good wash and dry outdoors in the sun.

 

Soldering station got saturated? That's a bit scary.

 

MDF may suffer but anything else should be ok drying out naturally.

 

Any build guarantee on your new digs? Rain does not blow in a properly constructed house.

[tauzero]

If you've got an airing cupboard, put the heads in there to help them dry out.

 

Might be worth doing a bit of a strip down to the soldering station to see what's happened in there.

[Danuman]

4 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Mouldy covers need a good wash and dry outdoors in the sun.

 

Soldering station got saturated? That's a bit scary.

 

MDF may suffer but anything else should be ok drying out naturally.

 

Any build guarantee on your new digs? Rain does not blow in a properly constructed house.

Cheers, all good points. I just looked at it in daylight, and it’s not good. I’m going to have to talk to a roofing specialist.

 

5 hours ago, tauzero said:

If you've got an airing cupboard, put the heads in there to help them dry out.

 

Might be worth doing a bit of a strip down to the soldering station to see what's happened in there.

Thanks, I will do, but it’s not looking good. 🙈