Dry Carpet Padding Through Carpet

Use a fan to dry out carpet and pad.

Dry carpet padding through carpet.

If the carpeting was professionally installed wear leather gloves and pull up the carpeting and padding from the tack strip along the edge. You might want to consider moving the carpet to another room or. In most cases where water has saturated your carpet your carpet padding is a goner. Lay the carpet back on the floor and fire up the air movers and rental dehumidifier.

You can also attach a hose from a wet dry vac to the exhaust placing the hose under the carpet as far into it as you can. Accidents happen that result in the saturation of your carpet padding with water or liquids that require you to dry the padding. Blow air between carpet and padding. Dry the carpet and floor.

Carpet with a pad. Once your carpet is dry and sanitized you can replace the padding with fresh material. Then pull out the padding and dispose of it. Replace it to prevent the main carpet from becoming saturated with mold.

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. You can do this yourself or call a professional for help. To do that pull up the carpeting wearing gloves to reach the padding. A dehumidifier in a closed room will pull out water fast and can be rented from rental companies.

Keep the basement temperature at or below 75 degrees f. You might think hotter is better because it will dry out everything faster. If the subfloor seems dry continue to dry out the carpet and pad using and fan you have at your disposal. After pulling up the carpet run fans at high speed to speed the drying process.

Just be aware that new carpet pad is cheap so don t waste a lot of time trying to dry the old stuff. Once you have the pad pulled up dispose of it immediately. Fold each corner of the carpet so you can see the pad. Be it an overly wet carpet cleaning flood or other water damage the carpet padding must dry thoroughly to eliminate foul odors mold and mildew growth.