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| Thread ID: 59729 | 2005-07-11 06:24:00 | dry wet carpet | heni72847 (1166) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 371181 | 2005-07-11 06:24:00 | carpets got pretty soaked and wet anyone hav any good idea how to dry it?? other than the obvious ones..er.. yea..hopefully from experience.. or ..i'm sure there's enough problem solvging people here.. um..don't wanna spend too much money.. just need to dry it for now..gona get carpet changed soon..so..yea.. |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 371182 | 2005-07-11 06:26:00 | Dehumidifier ?? hire centres often have the commercial vers. very good for drying out houses. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 371183 | 2005-07-11 06:59:00 | If you know someone with a vacuum cleaner that sucks water (some models do) then borrow that to get rid of the worse of it. Then hire an industrial sized gas heater/blower and use that to dry out the carpet. If you are going to change the carpets soonish, then you can always rip up the carpet now. But this depends upon the underneath flooring material as it is winter so you will lose some insulation. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 371184 | 2005-07-11 07:00:00 | Depends how wet,if underlay water logged you will need to lift carpet and usuall throw away.Then lots of warm air,not to warm or it will shrink. If insured,company will arrange all that to be done for you,they have the kit. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 371185 | 2005-07-11 08:10:00 | What sized area are we talking? Is it wringing wet? If you are insured call your insurance company. If you have a wooden floor, lift all the carpet and underlay, ASAP and in most cases wether a wooden or concrete floor the underlay will have to be thrown away. The carpet can be dried, it will have to lifted then rolled up, removed then unrolled and cleaned and dried out, carpet cleaners have the facilities for this. If it's the whole house or even a couple of rooms your talking you'll need industrial blowers and dehumidifiers to dry out the house. How do I know? Waking to a bang as a powerboard on the floor in the family room blew up as it short circuited from all the water. Getting out of bed and hearing water running..... Getting halfway down the hallway and having wet feet and a sinking stomach Thinking that some wizz had pushed a hose thru the door and turned it on but instead tracing it to the dishwasher. Turning on the lights to find that 70% of the house had been flooded and it was all thru the hotwater cylinder as well as the inlet hose had blown off the back of the dishwasher sometime during the night. The fire brigade were great, calling out a volunteer crew at 6.15am The insurance company were also great, all sorts of tradesman and assessor at the house by mid morning. Spent the next 3-4 days in a motel whilst the house was being dried out, then moved back in minus carpet for a couple of weeks whilst that was still being dried. No issues with wet stuff being replaced at all, even paid for our time taking the day off work to shift furniture, lift carpet etc with the carpet guys |
EX-WESTY (221) | ||
| 371186 | 2005-07-11 09:02:00 | Those of us who've also been flooded at some time & had problem issues with their insurance company later might like to know the name of the one you were so pleased with? I know I would. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 371187 | 2005-07-11 09:21:00 | STATE INSURANCE :thumbs: | EX-WESTY (221) | ||
| 371188 | 2005-07-11 10:55:00 | Interesting... Same one I'm currently negotiating with. You've encouraged me to try further... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 371189 | 2005-07-11 10:57:00 | sigh..only got my own dehumidifer..too small for the large area.. got gas heater..not very very effective..but helps.. insured..but..not covered under this area..i'm screwed.. might hire some commercial dehumidifer..might help did borrow a vaccume that sucks water..works ..but not as good as i hoped... um...carpet won't be changed for another few weeks..by the looks of it.. can the wet carpet do any damage to the house itself? like..i dunno..stuff up the wood underneath?? coz i tink some water is actually under the carpet by the feel when i stand on it.. ..this rather crap weather isn't helping either.. |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 371190 | 2005-07-11 11:16:00 | If there's water under the carpet, damage to your wooden flooring will depend on: 1. How long it's in contact with the water. 2. Type of wood - or rather, its density - e.g.hardwood or soft pine? Wood is absorbent, after all. Even if the timber isn't permanently damaged, don't forget you'll have to let it dry out completely before relaying carpet. At this time of year, that could take quite a while... So do you prefer to live with bare boards for a while now (lifting the carpet to dry) or do that later while waiting to lay your new stuff? I haven't found an easy option when you put wooden floors & water together. |
Laura (43) | ||
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