Drying Out Carpet Underlay

If you are able check underneath the carpet and see if the pad is still soaked.

Drying out carpet underlay.

But a higher temp will accelerate bacterial growth and turn your basement into a petri dish. Use your body weight and soak up the water by walking over the carpets until the towels are fully saturated. Lay the carpet back on the floor and fire up the air movers and rental dehumidifier. You might think hotter is better because it will dry out everything faster.

Attach a vacuum hose for vacuuming up wet things to the exhaust of a vacuum then put the hose under the carpet placing the carpet back over the hose. This puts a cushion of air under the carpet and will rapidly dry the underlay and carpet backing. Wet carpet can become a real problem if it is left untreated and getting the moisture out in time can save you time and money. Keep at this until the areas is completely dry.

Once the carpet and underlay material is dry the technicians will apply antibacterial sprays in all the areas that have been dried out. Later you will need to re attach the carpet to the nail strip after it is completely dried. The high speed fans are incredibly useful in evaporating the moisture from the carpets as well as the underlayment. Turn up the heat and open the windows to aid in the drying.

I just kept smooshing the carpet with the vaccum tool until no more water squeezed out. Also pull back the carpet pad. Pull back the carpet for the entire area that is wet. Carpet underlay water damage1 the carpet is easy bit to dry tricky part drying that underlay airmover between carpet subfloor.

Bail out as much as you can with a cup 2. Keep the basement temperature at or below 75 degrees f. Wet vac lots of car washes and some gas stations have coin operated ones. If so you might need to place a fan on the area to help speed up the drying.

Take up one corner and put an air blower under the carpet. This help prevent mould from growing in the carpets. Place towels between the wet carpet and the dry carpet that you are pulling it back onto.