Drying A Wet Spot On Carpet

Cutting into the subfloor around the moisture will give you access to any plumbing underneath.

Drying a wet spot on carpet.

Depending on the size of the damp carpet you may. Unfortunately there is no way around it. We tried to dry it up but it has stayed wet for a couple weeks. This room is on a concrete slab.

Cut the pad into strips roll it up and haul it outside. The most important part is first stopping water from flowing into the problem area. 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. Use a hairdryer and position it over the wet towels.

Keep doing this until they are completely dry. Replace with fresh dry. Before vacuuming you can choose to spray a carpet cleaner over the surface. If you have furniture and fixtures in the room check to see whether the moisture impacted.

Right at the entrance to a room the carpet has a wet spot. Vacuum the wet carpet with a wet dry vacuum until no moisture remains. If the weather is hot dry and sunny you can try drying it yourself by rolling it out on your driveway. Sprinkle a large amount of baking soda over the damp carpet.

Run a wet vacuum over the wet or damp area of the carpet to bring up as much of the water as possible. Place towels over the carpeting and walk over them to get the water to soak up into the towels. At that point you can get a look under the padding and into the sub floor. How to dry a wet carpet with baking soda step 1.

Vacuum up the. Afterwards you will be left with a clean and dry carpet. Seven expert tips for drying a wet carpet 1.