Drying A Wet Spot On Carpet
If the spot is isolated away from any walls or doors you will need to pull up the carpet.
Drying a wet spot on carpet. How to dry a wet carpet with baking soda step 1. Depending on the size of the damp carpet you may. Seven expert tips for drying a wet carpet 1. At that point you can get a look under the padding and into the sub floor.
Vacuum up the. We tried to dry it up but it has stayed wet for a couple weeks. Afterwards you will be left with a clean and dry carpet. It is on the lower level of a split level house built in 1976.
Before vacuuming you can choose to spray a carpet cleaner over the surface. If the weather is hot dry and sunny you can try drying it yourself by rolling it out on your driveway. If you have furniture and fixtures in the room check to see whether the moisture impacted. Unfortunately there is no way around it.
Vacuum the wet carpet with a wet dry vacuum until no moisture remains. Place towels over the carpeting and walk over them to get the water to soak up into the towels. Use a hairdryer and position it over the wet towels. This room is on a concrete slab.
At first we assumed our little boys spilled something. Replace with fresh dry. Keep doing this until they are completely dry. Run a wet vacuum over the wet or damp area of the carpet to bring up as much of the water as possible.
Cutting into the subfloor around the moisture will give you access to any plumbing underneath. 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. Cut the pad into strips roll it up and haul it outside.