Replacing Wet Carpet Padding

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.

Replacing wet carpet padding.

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. Steam cleaning wet carpet removes any toxins and deodorizes it. If you have furniture sitting on the carpet remove it so that your floor area is open. Once carpet water damage mold has taken hold there s often no cleaning it up.

It can be hard reinstalling dried carpet because it becomes stiff as it dries. You can shampoo your carpet but that won t remove all the mold. After a category 2 event the carpet padding must be discarded. Once your carpet is dry and sanitized you can replace the padding with fresh material.

In most cases where water has saturated your carpet your carpet padding is a goner. To do that pull up the carpeting wearing gloves to reach the padding. You can do this yourself or call a professional for help. When your house floods it s not only the carpet that gets wet.

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. The carpeting on the other hand can often be cleaned treated and reinstalled over fresh padding. In addition before installing new carpeting the flooring needs to be treated with disinfectants. A good rule of thumb for carpet padding is to replace it every five years.

Replace it to prevent the main carpet from becoming saturated with mold. It s also the padding under the carpet. The padding under the carpet will need to be replaced if it s been affected in a flood. Then pull out the padding and dispose of it.

Replacing carpet padding doesn t require you to replace the carpet but it will require you to pull it up. With category 3 water damage both the carpet and the padding need to be replaced. After the carpet and the flooring under have completely dried replace the padding and then reinstall the carpeting. Additionally if the carpet has been wet for more than 48 hours the floor and padding beneath the carpet probably have mold as well.

Replace carpet padding without replacing the carpet with help from a foreman for lighty. 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. Use the pliers to pull the carpet from the tack strip near the wall.