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Can this carpet be saved? |
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Post# 386738 , Reply# 2   2/25/2018 at 20:41 (2,222 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Correct. The Kirby shampooer is just a surface cleaner, not a deep cleaner. It's like bailing out the Titanic with a soup ladle.
You should let the pros handle this, otherwise you're going to be dealing with a lot of mold and musty odors within the next months. It's not really a DIY job due to the mold risk that will pop up over the course of the year if not done properly. But as a DIY job you can get the carpet as dry as possible, pull it up and leave it flat in the driveway to air dry and deodorize it in the hot sun (this being February that's going to be hard to do). You'd have to toss the foam pad out because you'd never be able to dry it and if there's ever a perfect mold garden it's foam. Once down to the bare floor, then put some industrial fans on the basement and try and make a swirling tornado-like vortex with the air so it dries better and you're not just shooting air in one direction. Once it's dried, going over it with a mop or scrubber and hot soapy water (and maybe some fungicidal cleaner) and then letting it air dry again should get that all fixed up. Then assuming they would do it, you'd just have to call in a carpet crew to lay down a new foam pad and then re-tack down the old carpet for you. It would be a bit cheaper than just laying down new carpet every time there's a flood. I have low pile carpet in my basement that used to be glued down, but after 40 years it's let go. There is no padding or underlay, just bare concrete under it. I have leaking issues too, all I have to do is hit it with the shop vac and fans and wait a day and a half and it's dry again. The moisture breathes out through the carpet fibers and nap. I'd love to have a nice full carpet down there some day but I doubt it will happen until the bug and water issues are fixed. |