How to dry your carpet

What to do when your carpet gets wet from a big spill or a water leak

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A large fan
• Towels

1. If there is a leak, turn off the water main or where ever the water is leaking from.
   If it is a spill then place a towel on top of the spot and step on it.

2. If it a large enough area or is near the edge of the carpet you can pull the carpet. (the carpet is only pushed down on top of a tack strip)

3. Place the fan facing directly at the wet spot.

4. Leave the fan on for 24 hours

5. check to see if the carpet is dry

6. pull the carpet as tight as you can then place it down on the tack strip

7. you can use a mallet to pound it back down on the tack strip.

Tips & Warnings

• This is not to use when you spill a glass of water
• DO NOT POUND HARD WHEN USING THE MALLET, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BEND THE TACK STRIP NAILS

[alexagape]

on 6/19/2008 This is a good article.

[akchrist]

on 6/3/2008 Thanks for the info