One of the first ways to spot carpet moisture problems is by the foul odor emanating from the affected area.
Wet spot on carpet in middle of room.
We re renting a 2 level townhome and have been here just under a year.
At that point you can get a look under the padding and into the sub floor.
If the spot is isolated away from any walls or doors you will need to pull up the 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.
Continually wet spot on our carpet my wife and i moved into a house about one year ago.
This morning even worse.
Right at the entrance to a room the carpet has a wet spot.
This room is on a concrete slab.
Wet spots in the living room carpet.
Two nights ago i noticed one small wet spot probably 3x3 inches or so on my carpet.
A couple of weeks ago i noticed a wet spot on the livingroom carpet about the size of a dinner plate.
I didn t think much of it i figured i had perhaps spilled water and not noticed.
The spot was about a foot away from the wall where the breakfast bar and kitchen sink is located.
The temporary fix was to rip up the carpet knock a hole in the concrete slab repair the leaking pipe fill in the hole with quickcrete cement and restretch the carpet once it and the pad had dried.
I assumed it was a spill and tried to.
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.
Cutting into the subfloor around the moisture will give you access to any plumbing underneath.
If left untreated this odor will continue to permeate your indoor air and can really stink up your home.
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.
Then last night it seemed like there were a few more spots.
At first we assumed our little boys spilled something.
It is on the lower level of a split level house built in 1976.