[Andy Hogarth]

Went to look at a carpet yesterday that had been cleaned with a rug doctor over a week ago and was still wet and a bit smelly!!!

A bit smelly was an understatement!! smelt like sewage and was dripping wet, couldn't stand to be in there and the damp detector was reading like i'd slung it in the bath. they'd moved a 70 year old woman in with it in this state and she was living in a back bedroom!!

Phoned Jk for a bit of advice and armed with a few choice words finally managed to get the agency to rip the carpet up and replace.

Thing is the tennant has just called to say the fitters have been and ripped the carpet out and laying new one in the morning but she's concerned that the floor boards are still soaked and the smell is still there.

The fitter said it would be alright but she wanted me to run it by my 'specialist'......... that be you John Kelly or anyone else with knowledge on this. Should the boards be treated with microsan etc or left to dry out

Any ideas??

[Paul Moss]

Andy, i think John is out at the moment practicing cleaning a few B/W 

[Andy Hogarth]

 

Good job this wasn't a wilton, would have been the size of a stamp with the water thrown at it!

never seen (or smelt) anything like this in a property

[John Kelly]

Not a good idea to put a new carpet down on any wet surface. Best if it was dried out first. A spray with Microsan or the like would be advisable as well. Putting it down on a wet surface is likely to cause ongoing odour as the moisture will be trapped under the underlay and will take a while to disapate.

[Andy Hogarth]

Cheers John, disgraceful how the agencies treat some tenants, especially when they are 70 and don't really like to moan,

I might just go around early and give it a quick spray in the hope they come later on.

[Timmy Boy]

Hi Andy
Defo with regard to letting it dry out, if the carpet had been left down wet for quite a period maybe a squirt of milkil or equivalent. The problem as well is the naff weather, you could really do with some windows open to get a bit of airflow across it. If you're going down there, can you leave them with an air over for a bit?