Flooded carpet for the 3rd time...

[SkyDiv3r17]

Flooded my room in a 5x6ft area next to the wall. Left the RO on and soaked about 3 gallons into the carpet/padding. I vacuumed up as much as I could and let a fan/heat lamp sit over it.

The problem is I smell mildew now and think I should probably pull up some of the carpet and padding to dry it out.. but if I pull the carpet up from the wall I'll only be able to get it up (im guessing) about 3 inches.. Will I have to cut the carpet to be able to dry it out?

Can anyone help me? What should I do!? New carpet/padding is pretty much out of the question.. It would not blend well with the older carpet.

 

[Cherub]

I have no real advice I hate to say. I just wanted to chime in because I have destroyed my kitchen floor the same way... I'm going to have rip out the flooring and subfloor because of my RO unit. So annoying.

It sounds like you may have to replace it. Mildew isn't anything you want to mess with as there are lots of health concerns involved.

 

[xxHLTxx]

carpet is stapled to the floor. although you may only be able to reach up 3", if you feel for a staple and stick a screwdriver under it you can pull it up. i did the same thing with my 180 and was ****ED. the floor board from the basement i could see the water spots. I pulled the carpet up, plugged in the shop vac on backwards so it would blow air and shoved the head under the carpet. hour or so later the carpet was drying and by about 3 hours after (i wanted to pull my brains out from the shop vac noise), the carpet was dry and the floor as well. now yours MAY be a different situation with how much time has passed but if you have a shop vac, or can buy one (think their like 20-40 bucks), suck up the carpet REAL GOOD, then reverse it and let it dry from the underside. Otherwise replacing carpet is no fun and you should switch to wood or a covered material if you're going to switch to prevent again!

 

[Reef_Newbie]

Get a float valve. Took me one time of running mine too long(on concrete floor in heater room) to decide to do this. It's $10 and a super easy install.

 

[Munch]

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/catalog/product/view/id/403/

 

[SkyDiv3r17]

Stapled? Isn't it stuck in there using those little tracks with nails that stick up? I might have to cut the carpet along the wall so I can pull it back and let it dry.. But the water soaked for about 2-3 hours I think :/

I'm actually not using a tapped system, I have it run from my faucet..

 

[ReefCheif]

Float valve or timers!!

I know it takes my RO roughly 3.5 hours to fill my 40 gallon mixing container, I simply set a timer. Everyone in the house knows if the timer goes off the water needs to be shut off!!

This only works if your home, if not home, Float valve is the best thing!!

 

[fishguy69]

Carpet is pushed up to the wall (stretching) and held there via tack strips. If you take some needle nose pliers and grab a chunk of carpet and push it towards the wall and pull up. This should release it from the carpet tack strip. You will need to do this about every 6-12", depending how tight the carpet is stretched. This will allow you to pull the carpet up and not cut it. Let me know.

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