As long as it is not glue down carpet it is very easy to pull up especially if there is an outside corner nearby.
Wet spot on carpet second floor.
Unfortunately there is no way around it.
It is on the lower level of a split level house built in 1976.
If the water is seeping up through the floor it could be a result of insufficiently sealed foundations or there could be cracks in the foundation floor.
One of the first ways to spot carpet moisture problems is by the foul odor emanating from the affected area.
This room is on a concrete slab.
It needs to come up to be dried anyway as your underpad will be toast.
Dry out your home the first step in drying out your home is to make sure the humidity in the room is not too high the temperature is low and the air is circulating.
This isn t the same as having a floor squeak when you step on it which simply indicates that the subfloor isn t tightly fastened to the floor joist in one area.
If the spot is isolated away from any walls or doors you will need to pull up the carpet.
Krimhorn the slab is the floor with only the flooring on top of it carpet pad etc.
There is a bathroom next to it but there is two feet of dry space in.
If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged.
At first we assumed our little boys spilled something.
There are no squishy noises or wetness anywhere else.
If you notice a musty odor that just won t go away with vacuuming and regular cleaning you may be dealing with a wet carpet.
Right at the entrance to a room the carpet has a wet spot.
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.
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.
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.
If left untreated this odor will continue to permeate your indoor air and can really stink up your home.
At that point you can get a look under the padding and into the sub floor.
Pull up the carpet in the area and check it out.