You can't clean a flooded carpet without removing it,unless its a minor flood and even then the underlay still needs to be removed.What are the payments like these days for fire/flood work ? 5 years ago you could almost name your own price for a flood job, but when the insurance companies went for national franchise's, the company i subbed from found themselves being forced lower and lower price wise until we were working for less than we started at...to be honest that type of work is good if its good money,otherwise its a dirty smelly job with irate clients and enough stress to last a lifetime.