went to take a bath this morning and started running the bath and got side tracked and forgot about the bath. it overflowed and got all over the floor and some of my carpet.
2006-10-13 18:46:09 · 7 answers · asked by hurly_curly_03 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Hi
If it has only been a few days it is a musty smell you are smelling from the water not mould.
First thing you have to do is dry the carpet. I am going to assume you do not have professional equipment for this.
1/ You will need to lift the carpet where it is wet. Where the carpet and wall meet there should be tack strip holding the carpet down.( behind carpet) You can lift the carpet off the tack strip with a pair of pliers grabbing the carpet fibre and pulling up.
2/ Pull the carpet back until the wet spot is exposed .At this point you should be able to see the under pad. Try to remove as much water as you can by either a wet vac or towels.
3/ now you will need to dry the pad by either lifting it out and drying it outside or leaving it in place and putting a fans blowing on to pad and carpet. This will need 3 or more days to dry.
4/ When to carpet and pad is dry you should not be able to smell it.
5/ Install the pad and carpet back down and I would recommend cleaning the carpet but that will be up to you.
In the flood business for 14 years
2006-10-13 23:42:54 · answer #1 · answered by carpet guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a wet/dry vac and get up as much as you can then place towels on your carpet and walk on it to absorb the rest of the water.
keep doing this till dry and then shampoo that area with Woolite and dry it again.
this will keep the stinky out of your home.
now make sure the water didn't hurt the other part of your bathroom.you might haft to replace the flooring in your bath.
good luck with what ever you do.
2006-10-14 04:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by DENISE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use towels to get up as much as you can then use a fan. Leave it on well past when you think it is dry because you need to wick up the water that has come into the floor boards.
2006-10-13 18:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by Plasmapuppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rent a rug dr from a grocery store or hme depot and jsut don't put water in to be sucked up. Plug it in and run it over the wet spots
2006-10-13 18:49:23 · answer #4 · answered by cruisingalong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you dont have a wetvac or a carpet cleaner/extractor I would suggest a few towels and a bucket...open the window and turn a fan on it if possible..a little water cant hurt you...gl...
2006-10-13 18:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a large shop vac and a bunch of fans
2006-10-13 18:57:00 · answer #6 · answered by Jon M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave your curtains open and let the sun in and wipe it up with a towel
2006-10-13 18:55:34 · answer #7 · answered by karl t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋