Getting Water Out Of Carpet Padding

Ideally as soon as possible you should remove the carpet from the tack strip and discard padding.

Getting water out of carpet padding.

If the carpeting was professionally installed wear leather gloves and pull up the carpeting and padding from the tack strip along the edge. The same cannot be said for wet padding especially in greywater floods. Depending on the size of the damp carpet you may need to use more than one canister of baking soda. Sprinkle a large amount of baking soda over the damp carpet.

Replace it to prevent the main carpet from becoming saturated with mold. Get the rolled up carpet out of the house. To do that pull up the carpeting wearing gloves to reach the padding. Then pull out the padding and dispose of it.

Water run down the wall in one corner of my finished basement. Especially if the area was flooded getting rid of the odor should be a walk in the park. It got wet with clean water not like a storm. I know i have to dry out the floor padding and carpet.

Blow air between carpet and padding. Once your carpet is dry and sanitized you can replace the padding with fresh material. Let the baking soda sit on the carpet for several hours up to 24 hours to allow it ample time to soak up the remaining moisture and odor from the carpet. Carpet padding is like a sponge and will absorb a lot of water but it will not dry out.

The padding under the carpet will need to be replaced if it s been affected in a flood. The best carpet cleaner for old pet urine or fresh stains that don t come out with water is an enzymatic cleaner these cleaning products help neutralize the odor by breaking down the urine molecules. In most cases where water has saturated your carpet your carpet padding is a goner. I have pulled up the carper all the way where i can see dry concrete.

You re going to want to try to dry the pad without removing the carpet especially if the pad seems to have only gotten a little damp and the subfloor seems dry. Follow the instructions on the cleaner which usually needs to sit on the stain for a while to work. Once you have the pad pulled up dispose of it immediately. But what do i do about the wall.

You can do this yourself or call a professional for help. Prolonging the cleaning process will also result in the spread of damage possibly even causing the carpet to become irreplaceable. Steam cleaning wet carpet removes any toxins and deodorizes it. On the bright side getting a musty smell out of a carpet is relatively simple.

Carpet with a pad.