Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Alan falconer on June 07, 2012, 10:19:28 am
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Had a job the other day for a carpet flooded by a baby bath..2 weeks later customer decided to. Call me due to smell ..so I lifted the carpet and as thought underlay was soaked so we removed it and replaced it then treated the area Wuh enzyme and gave it a light clean but 2 days later smell still remains any ideas.
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Stop and have a think about what in all is wet.
The carpet and underlay obviously, but the floor underneath is also wet.
All three need to be "persuaded" to dry. This means a dehumidifier and, at least, one air mover.
Once everything is dry, the smell will go.
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If you are lucky, after all that time
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Luck or time isn't a factor. I've dried buildings that have been flooded and closed up for weeks.
If it's dry - the smell will go.
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You should have used a specified anti microbial product such as microkill, microsan or cleansan to kill off the moulds and microbes which are causing some of the odours. As Elfyn says once properly dried the odour will go, providing it is dried quickly and does not degrade further due to remaining damp for an extended period.
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Yeah i put some microsan down the other day all seems well now so wait and see..Thankyou.