Replacing Wet Carpet Padding

If you have furniture sitting on the carpet remove it so that your floor area is open.

Replacing wet carpet padding.

Retract the carpet over the wet area of the carpet padding by using a pair of pliers or a carpet puller to grip the carpet close to the baseboard of the wall and pull it away from the padding. You may want to consider hiring a professional who has experience with this they will have access to tools of the trade that you may not readily have on hand. With category 3 water damage both the carpet and the padding need to be replaced. In most cases where water has saturated your carpet your carpet padding is a goner.

The padding under the carpet will need to be replaced if it s been affected in a flood. The carpeting on the other hand can often be cleaned treated and reinstalled over fresh padding. When your house floods it s not only the carpet that gets wet. Additionally if the carpet has been wet for more than 48 hours the floor and padding beneath the carpet probably have mold as well.

You can shampoo your carpet but that won t remove all the mold. After the carpet and the flooring under have completely dried replace the padding and then reinstall the carpeting. In addition before installing new carpeting the flooring needs to be treated with disinfectants. To do that pull up the carpeting wearing gloves to reach the padding.

Then pull out the padding and dispose of it. It s also the padding under the carpet. Replace carpet padding without replacing the carpet with help from a foreman for lighty. While the fibers in carpet padding seldom wear out before the carpet covering it there are instances when you need to replace carpet padding.

If you have a major water leak you must take care to. It can be hard reinstalling dried carpet because it becomes stiff as it dries. If your carpet sees a lot of traffic it may wear out sooner but if it s in a less traveled area it may last significantly longer. Steam cleaning wet carpet removes any toxins and deodorizes it.

If you have decided to proceed with repairing or replacing your damaged carpet and you have determined that the wet carpet needs to be disinfected make a solution consisting of 1 gallon of clean water with 2 tablespoons of liquid bleach. You can do this yourself or call a professional for help. Once carpet water damage mold has taken hold there s often no cleaning it up. Your carpet may be in better or worse shape though so you will have to do an inspection to decide what shape it s in.

Use the pliers to pull the carpet from the tack strip near the wall. After a category 2 event the carpet padding must be discarded. Replace it to prevent the main carpet from becoming saturated with mold.