When a Wet Carpet Becomes a Flooded Mess

When water damage impacts your carpet, it can be a messy, smelly, and difficult to clean up. Leaky roofs, broken pipes, and flooding can immerse your carpet in water. What’s worse, is that wet carpet acts like a towel. It soaks up liquids and retains them until it becomes water logged. It also soaks up everything that’s in the water like mud, chemicals, waste, and other debris.

From the Ground Up

While soaked and soiled carpet is tough to get dry, it’s what’s underneath that poses the real problem. Carpet pads can be extremely difficult to dry and clean. This is because carpet pads are composed of spongy material which soaks up water like, well, a sponge. It lays under the carpet in a dark environment and if it remains wet, it can pose a number of problems.

Out, Moldy Spot

If the pad and the underside of water damaged carpet aren’t properly dried and cleaned, the probability of mold growth increases exponentially. Mold isn’t just a smelly nuisance, it also poses serious health risks to anyone in your home or business. To ensure proper wet carpet drying and dehumidification, contact a licensed professional.

Because wet carpet needs to be dried and cleaned from the top and bottom, drying with fans and vacuums may cause the surface of the carpet to feel dry to the touch but may not effectively remove all the moisture from the underside or carpet pad. Water removal and restoration experts follow a removal and drying process that ensures your property returns to its former, undamaged state.

Water Removed

The first step to restoring water damaged carpet is to remove any standing water. Standard household equipment like wet/dry vacuum cleaners typically aren’t sufficient to properly complete this job. Vital Restoration’s trained experts utilize industrial extractors to eliminate excess water.

It’s a Dry Heat

Once the standing water has been removed, the real work of wet carpet restoration begins: dehumidification. Dehumidification is perhaps the most critical step in treating water damage in carpet. This process removes the water molecules from the air. When mixed with air movers and sub-floor drying systems, dehumidification ensures that every last drop of water in and under your carpet is dried.

Full Carpet Restoration

Once carpet has been dried, it usually needs to be repaired as well. Our dedicated staff can repair, stretch, and even dye your carpet. Because carpet is low to the ground and has high absorbency it can take quite a beating during a water disaster. It soaks up dirt, mud, sewage, and other contaminants. We can clean, dry, and even repair mold damage to your carpet. Water warps and discolors fibrous carpets. Once dried, your carpets can still look damaged. In addition to stretching and coloring your carpets, we seam them so they look as good as new.

We Can Help

Wet carpet due to water damage can pose serious health risks and should be dealt with by licensed professionals. Vital Restoration has the experience and know-how to properly deal with any water damage issues you may have. Contact us today to discuss your situation.