Recently, my basement is flooded with water due to rain. It's finished basement.Just recently finished it. We used RugDoctor to take the water out of the carpet.We almost drained the water out. But the carpet pad is still very wet. Is there any way to dry the carpet padding? or Should I change the pad?? Can we reuse the same padding after dry it out. or do I need to but new one? Becuase it's the basement, I'm not sure how long will it to take to dry. I'm afraid that mold will form if it doesn't dry soon. Any ideas?? Please help me. Thanks in advance.
2006-10-30 01:38:14 · 6 answers · asked by angel 1 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
2006-10-30 02:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by carpet guy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First you might try putting fans there and really fan the place. If you have two fans, all the better. I have seen people many times, use fans to dry out a carpet
2006-10-30 02:16:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try using fans first. Non stop running them. If it dries then look for mold or serious odor. If mold and odor occur I would replace. It would not hurt to try before you replace it might work.
2006-10-30 01:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by mssteph800 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dry carpet padding: https://bitly.im/c10/how-to-dry-out-a-carpet-and-padding
2015-05-02 02:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a fan that works just fine
2006-10-30 01:40:28 · answer #5 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/DR8.pdf
2006-10-30 01:53:32 · answer #6 · answered by DANNY W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋