Drying A Wet Spot On Carpet

Place towels over the carpeting and walk over them to get the water to soak up into the towels.

Drying a wet spot on carpet.

At first we assumed our little boys spilled something. Use a hairdryer and position it over the wet towels. Vacuum up the. Afterwards you will be left with a clean and dry carpet.

This room is on a concrete slab. Replace with fresh dry. Right at the entrance to a room the carpet has a wet spot. Before vacuuming you can choose to spray a carpet cleaner over the surface.

We tried to dry it up but it has stayed wet for a couple weeks. How to dry a wet carpet with baking soda step 1. Sprinkle a large amount of baking soda over the damp carpet. If the weather is hot dry and sunny you can try drying it yourself by rolling it out on your driveway.

If the spot is isolated away from any walls or doors you will need to pull up the carpet. 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. At that point you can get a look under the padding and into the sub floor. The most important part is first stopping water from flowing into the problem area.

Run a wet vacuum over the wet or damp area of the carpet to bring up as much of the water as possible. If you have furniture and fixtures in the room check to see whether the moisture impacted. Cutting into the subfloor around the moisture will give you access to any plumbing underneath. Keep doing this until they are completely dry.

Depending on the size of the damp carpet you may. Cut the pad into strips roll it up and haul it outside. It is on the lower level of a split level house built in 1976.