What's a good way to dry out a carpet?

Question

Some of our pipes started leaking and half of our basement is flooded.

Answer 1

Three easy steps:
1. Wet vac as much as possible. Use squeegee attachment.
2. Rent floor blowers. They look like a big snail.
3. Put in dehumidifiers. Turning the heat up will help the dehumidifiers
It will take about a week with blowers and dehumidifiers if there was a lot of water, but it will dry out.
You might want to steam clean them after you wet vac since they are already wet.

Answer 2

My family has had basement flooding problems in the past. First can take a wet/dry vacuum and remove as much water as you can then what has worked for us is a dehumidifier and fans. You will have to keep an eye on the dehumidifier it will need to be emptied regularly. After the carpet is almost dry you can sprinkle it with baking soda and let it set until the carpet is completely dry. You should be able to vacuum up the baking soda and you carpet should be dry and not hold a musty smell.

That is assuming that the pipes that leaked were water and not sewer. If they were sewer pipes just replace the carpet you don't want to have to deal sewage.

Answer 3

Obviously fix the leaks first. Then get a Rug Doctor and extract as much of the moisture as possible. Next lift the edge of the carpet and place several fans in the area to help evaporate the water. By using the Rug Doctor machine the carpet should not have any water stains, plus you can buy an odor eliminator and use that with the Rug Doctor at the same time.

Answer 4

First get as much water out of the carpet with a wet-vac and then use a blower to dry the rest of the carpet. This is not a good situation, make sure to get all of the water out and ventilate the area; you need to make sure you do not get mold in the basement. Mold is a major health risk.

The first answer is better than mine, if you have insurance.

Answer 5

Suck up the water with a wet and dry vac or carpet shampoo machine. Run fans better if carpet can be raised enough to get air under it, if not it will take several days. Also run your dehumidifier.
Good Luck, Mary

Answer 6

If installed, the padding is soaked.
Must be removed. If the carpet is salvageable, it must be cleaned and dried. It still may shrink.
If very old, will not be worth the cost, unless it is covered under insurance.

Answer 7

take them up. replace with linoleum and put a throw rug down. If it happens again just buy a new rug. The padding is what gets you when wet. m

Answer 8

if you have windows open them and if you can borrow or head to a home depot and buy a blower they blow air and dry the floor up

Answer 9

Pull them up and call it quits.
Insurance job.
They'll only end up shrunk and stinky.
Start again!

Answer 10

If you can get a shop vac this will suck it up.