My Carpet Always Feels Damp

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My carpet always feels damp. There is no dampness on any of the walls or floor and i cannot find any cracks that might be letting in air. Smelly mold may appear if the moisture. There s no apparent smell but i swear the carpet feels damp not wet just cold and damp. Work in small sections at a time.

It smells slightly mildewy and feels cold like there might be moisture. How to get sticky feeling out of carpet. Does anyone have any ideas. 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.

Always clean up the solution residue in a proper way. Doing a bit more work before can save you from a lot of hassle. Damp paint don t always solve the problem in most cases but is a quick fix to determine what is causing the problem in one case of. Check the attic for signs of leaks including discolored plywood on the ceiling and moldy insulation on the floor.

Maybe i m going crazy but after a big rain my living room just feels damp. Investigate any drywall damage or musty smells by removing drywall if necessary and looking for water damage in the framing. I cannot find the source of the problem. If you don t have a wet vacuum dab the damp area with towels until it s feeling a little drier.

And steam cleaned and vacuumed up baking soda. Our carpet almost feels damp but isn 39 t but stuff comes off onto your feet and i have vacuumed. What is wrong with this carpet i don 39 t know what else to do. I bought a general tools pin type moisture meter model mm1e and it is reading around 14 throughout the two rooms.

My bedroom feels constantly damp so does my bedding and clothes. I have vacuumed probably 8 times in the last 2 days. How to stop floor tile from feeling damp. Keep the kids and any kind of pets away from the carpet after you clean it.

Hi all i have worked in quite a few damp properties that range from condensation to rising damp as earner has pointed out things like opening windows and air brick blockages are the common remedys advisable to try. If you have a wet vacuum go over the damp spot to take out as much of the moisture as possible. But i honestly cant tell it s it s just cold from being on the slab or legitimately wet underneath. Constant dampness on a tile floor feels unpleasant when walked upon and creates a potential slipping hazard.

For getting rid of the sticky feeling on the carpet a lot of people think of rinsing it excessively. 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. Menu ask a question share a post account search. We have a crawl space under the entire house that is only accessed from the outside.