It may not feel lucky to enter your basement and find a patch of water on the floor but it s better than having a subtle slow leak that degrades over time.
Carpet wet in one spot.
If you notice a musty odor that just won t go away with vacuuming and regular cleaning you may be dealing with a wet carpet.
Go outside and see where the drip lines are close to the wet spot.
Then last night it seemed like there were a few more spots.
Mold and mildew are your two main problems with wet carpet.
Just as too much moisture in the air can cause a carpet to buckle so can too much moisture in the carpet itself.
Once the water is out peel back the carpeting watch out for those rusted sharp nails on the tackless stripping and remove the wet pad.
One of the first ways to spot carpet moisture problems is by the foul odor emanating from the affected area.
Cut the pad into strips roll it up and haul it outside.
This morning even worse.
Two nights ago i noticed one small wet spot probably 3x3 inches or so on my carpet.
Check to be sure the gutters aren t clogged and overflowing right there so moisture gathers near the house wall.
Within a week or so the damp spot progressed to a puddle 4 by 6 feet that a wet vac couldn t really keep up with.
Because of the risk associated with over wetting it is advisable to have your.
Carpet that has become overly wet as the result of flooding or improper steam cleaning is extremely susceptible to stretching.
In the end one of the best ways to deal with a wall to wall wet carpet is to call in someone who knows how to deal with it.
Because of this you ll need to assess how far the water damage extends across the carpet.
A couple of weeks ago i noticed a wet spot on the livingroom carpet about the size of a dinner plate.
I didn t think much of it i figured i had perhaps spilled water and not noticed.
The temporary fix was to rip up the carpet knock a hole in the concrete slab repair the leaking pipe fill in the hole with quickcrete cement and restretch the carpet once it and the pad had dried.
I assumed it was a spill.
Wet carpet and ripples.
It s important to do this as soon as possible so the company can salvage as much of the carpet floor and padding as possible.
If the weather is hot dry and sunny you can try drying it yourself by rolling it out on your driveway.
You ll want to be certain you found all the.
If you have water coming up from the basement floor there can be all kinds of reasons it s happening and lots of solutions too.
