Wet Carpet Upstairs

Within a week or so the damp spot progressed to a puddle 4 by 6 feet that a wet vac couldn t really keep up with.

Wet carpet upstairs.

Stiff brush this will loosen any hardened debris and dirt on the stairs. If you have a small area rug or carpet that is wet the best thing to do is remove it from the floor and hang or lay it outside until it dries completely. Always start brushing from the top of the stairs and then move downwards. Shampoo give each stair a good scrub with carpet shampoo until clean.

However if you are dealing with wet wall to wall carpet or a carpet piece that is too large to remove you may need to try to dry it where it is. Don t waste your time trying to dry out the carpet with a wet dry shop vacuum it simply doesn t have enough power. If right against the wall outdoors originating source would be most suspect if out in carpet field though fringes might have dried already especially if wet spot was under couch where it wouldnot evaporate as well then water from overhead leak or in under slab leak would be most suspect. Dry use a carpet cleaner or absorbent towels to remove any excess water.

Then it s time to extract the water from the carpet. If not you ll have to buy several gfci equipped extension cords and run power from upstairs receptacles. So they can effectively remove difficult and deep rooted stains and spots and dirt. Vacuum use a powerful cordless vacuum to suck up the dirt from the carpet.

Method 1 drying a carpet quickly. We have a two story home one room upstairs and down has wet carpet during rain why. Who would i call for water stain i noticed in ceiling in livingroom. The temporary fix was to rip up the carpet knock a hole in the concrete slab repair the leaking pipe fill in the hole with quickcrete cement and restretch the carpet once it and the pad had dried.

I have an upstairs.