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

 

Well, if you've been thinking of replacing it with hardwood floor, the baseboards will be pulled up for that and most likely, depending on the style and your likes, will be replaced.  My concern is not the baseboards themselves, but the wall behind it.  Baseboards are fairly cheap to replace.

It sounds like you've done a lot and with about a half-gallon of water on the carpet, you might have done enough, but would I prefer to check than guess.  You might be able to talk a guy who works at a carpet place to pull it back after hours for a few bucks (I assume it's in a corner), then you will know exactly the extent of the damage.  You CAN get a regular carpet company to do it, but they will most likely try to sell you something and what you want is an unbiased opinion.

Keep an eye and nose out for a smell.  If you do smell something, then you HAVE mold.  But it's better to avoid getting mold in the first place.  I've worked with removing mold from my buildings and haven't had any real problems (I don't wear a mask - just breath through my nose, but I'm not advocating that), while others are so sensitive to it, they get sick at the sight of it.

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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 10:05 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DIY] Water Jug Leak On Carpet/Baseboards

 

 

Thanks for the fast reply Ron. Is there a way to gauge how this is going without pulling up the carpet? The main reason I ask is that things are really crazy at work over the next few weeks and learning a new DIY project like pulling up the carpet will be quite a bit of effort. If there's a way to gauge how our drying efforts worked (smell, feel, etc) without getting into danger territory, that's the preference. Otherwise, maybe it's best to call a handyman and/or mold inspector?

Here's what I've done so far:

-Soaked up areas in towels (it didn't pull much but there was definitely some moisture put into the towels)

-Shop vacced carpet for about 30 minutes to try and pull moisture out.

-Shampooed carpet with white vinegar

-Used shop-air fan on spot for 12 straight hours.

-After that, used hair dryer on any spots that had slight wet feel (based on putting hand on and pushing down...not really wet but you could feel a little difference in colder to the touch) or funky smell. Each spot of about 6" radius got 30-40 minutes cumulative of hot air. AFterwards, feel and funky smell were gone.

-Continued using shop-air fan.

Is it reasonable to keep an eye out for these damp/funky spots over the next week and then just continue this? Or is that too risky?

The other X-factor is we've been thinking about changing this to a hardwood floor for a while anyway. Does this seem like a good kick in the ass to just go ahead and do it over the upcoming weeks?

Also, on the base boards -- would you recommend using a drill to do a few holes in the base boards? And then after that, patch it with epoxy down the road?

Thanks again!

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

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