Wet Spot On Carpet In Middle Of Room
Within a week or so the damp spot progressed to a puddle 4 by 6 feet that a wet vac couldn t really keep up with.
Wet spot on carpet in middle of room. Right at the entrance to a room the carpet has a wet spot. Then last night it seemed like there were a few more spots. Wet spots in the living room carpet. I assumed it was a spill and tried to.
We tried to dry it up but it has stayed wet for a couple weeks. At that point you can get a look under the padding and into the sub floor. I didn t think much of it i figured i had perhaps spilled water and not noticed. If the spot is isolated away from any walls or doors you will need to pull up the carpet.
Two nights ago i noticed one small wet spot probably 3x3 inches or so on my carpet. Depending on how your carpet was laid and what type of under padding was used you may have moisture coming from almost anywhere and seeping under the underpad to this spot where there may be a. This room is on a concrete slab. One of the first ways to spot carpet moisture problems is by the foul odor emanating from the affected area.
My parents used to rent it out to a family for 10 years and when we moved in there was very little upkeep done so the last year has been a series of fixing problems as they arise usually simple. Unfortunately there is no way around it. Continually wet spot on our carpet my wife and i moved into a house about one year ago. A couple of weeks ago i noticed a wet spot on the livingroom carpet about the size of a dinner plate.
Cutting into the subfloor around the moisture will give you access to any plumbing underneath. Maybe there s a leak in a corner of the house that you don t frequently check that is causing your wet carpet. It is on the lower level of a split level house built in 1976. We re renting a 2 level townhome and have been here just under a year.
This morning even worse. The spot was about a foot away from the wall where the breakfast bar and kitchen sink is located.