Re: [DIY] Water Jug Leak On Carpet/Baseboards

 

The main concern I see is the pad under the carpet.  I would pull the carpet up and expose both sides of the pad to the air to dry it out.  

If the floor underneath is wood , there is a possibility of water damage to that.  If it's a hard wood flooring that someone thought to cover with carpet, it'll eventually turn black (not from mold, just discoloration) which you cannot sand out, you'll need to replace the boards, should you ever decide to go that route.  

You should remove the baseboards and check to see if water got into the walls, and it sounds like there is a good possibility that it did. You might have to make a hole to air it out.  The sooner you do, the less likely the chance of mold will be.  Basically air everything out as soon as you can, as much as you can.  Mold likes dark damp spaces that have still air.  Inside walls and under carpets are ideal. I prefer a 10% bleach solution to kill mold, but that will stain your carpet.  

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From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of bigmikechen@yahoo.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2018 1:11 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DIY] Water Jug Leak On Carpet/Baseboards

 

 

My water woes won't end.

Long story short -- we had a one-gallon jug of water sitting in our master bathroom (wife was trying a CPAP machine; it didn't help her and the jug sat against the wall in case she wanted to try it again. Then some laundry got tossed on top of it, something punctured a hole in the jug, and it wasn't discovered for a few days. Mostly because we noticed the laundry was damp and about a 1 foot radius around the jug felt cool and slightly wet.

It looked like about 1/2 the jug leaked out, most likely gradually from the small puncture. Some of it soaked into laundry, some of it went into the carpet. The baseboards behind the area look a little puffed up too. My guess is that this all happened over 2-3 days.

When we found it, we put towels over the area overnight. They didn't get soaked but they felt damp, so I think they did their job. Then I used a carpet cleaner in two parts -- first, just the vacuum suction for about 20 minutes over the radius. Then I did used the traditional cleaner, though I added about 1/4 cup of distilled white vinegar (5%) to the solution to help kill the bacteria.

For the past 12 hours, I've had a carpet fan air mover blowing at it and the surface carpet feels mostly dry now.

Other than air-drying the area, is there anything we need to do? Should I use a hot-air hair dryer on the area? And does such a small volume of water necessitate any concerns of mold/mildew? There's a little bit of a funk smell, which has me worried about mold/mildew. It's definitely better since I did the vacuum but it's still there.

Thanks!

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Posted by: Ron Johnson <l0c0l0b0@hotmail.com>

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