Removing Wet Carpet Padding

The best way to dry wet carpet is by using a wet dry vacuum if you don t have one you can rent one from a local hardware store.

Removing wet carpet padding.

Pulling up the carpet to pull up the carpet start by removing the baseboard or molding along the walls. Step 3 remove the carpet padding. You ll want to move the extractor slowly across the carpet to suck up as much water as possible. It s possible to remove carpet padding that s stuck to the floor.

Don t rush this step. Begin to pull the carpet padding up. Sweep the areas of the floor from which you able to remove the loose larger pieces of carpet pad. Remove as much moisture as possible with a wet dry vacuum.

Cut the pad into strips roll it up and haul it outside. Enter a zip below and get matched to top rated pros near you. Carpet with no pad. Throw away the debris.

Photo courtesy of angie s list member peera n. In this case use a floor scraper to remove the pieces of padding that remain stuck to the floor. If the carpet got wet at any point in time it may be sticking to the floor. On a concrete floor the carpet pad is often glued into place.

Tough spots might require a power oscillating tool. Also if you don t know how to manage the carpet water damage yourself consider hiring a water damage company. Of irvine calif get quotes from up to 3 carpet cleaners. Return to the corner of the room where you began and get down on all fours.

This will be quicker than using a back and forth motion. Carefully remove all the water you can with a wet vac by slowly moving the nozzle over the whole area to remove the water. They can determine if the carpet can be saved or if it needs to be removed. Use pliers to pull padding staples when removing carpet from stairs.

It may take a little elbow grease and a few tools. You also may find that the carpet padding is disintegrating.