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#1661950 - 11/07/09 09:03 AM Drying Carpet
Pablo Offline


Registered: 10/28/02
Posts: 37980
Loc: Duvall WA - Pacific NW USA
Had a guy with a super machine hit the bottom floor. Excellent job.

Carpets are a still bit damp overnight (but much drier) - any drying methods or just heat and air flow?
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#1661952 - 11/07/09 09:06 AM Re: Drying Carpet [Re: Pablo]
Bill in Utah Offline


Registered: 11/11/02
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Loc: UT
Put a fan on it and let air flow work its wonder.

But I live in the desert so everything drys quickly.

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#1661970 - 11/07/09 09:24 AM Re: Drying Carpet [Re: Bill in Utah]
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How's the humidity today Pablo? That's a big factor. If you can live with it for a bit, crank the furnace up to like 75 maybe? That should really take out the humidity. That's what we've done after getting carpets steam cleaned when it's a bit cool out.

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#1661984 - 11/07/09 09:51 AM Re: Drying Carpet [Re: Drew99GT]
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Registered: 08/14/03
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Lots of air flow, the dryer the better. That's what I hate about wall-wall carpet. What's beneath the carpet into the padding stays wet a looooong time and basically relies on the subflooring to soak it up.

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#1661986 - 11/07/09 09:53 AM Re: Drying Carpet [Re: Drew99GT]
Warstud Offline


Registered: 09/02/05
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Loc: MIchigan
Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
How's the humidity today Pablo? That's a big factor. If you can live with it for a bit, crank the furnace up to like 75 maybe? That should really take out the humidity. That's what we've done after getting carpets steam cleaned when it's a bit cool out.


Heat from the furnace will create more humidity as the water dries but you need a air conditioner or dehumidifier to get rid of the humidity.

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#1662001 - 11/07/09 10:05 AM Re: Drying Carpet [Re: Warstud]
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The heat from the furnace will reduce the humidity IMO. Some of it will end up going out the roof vent. There's no way running your furnace can increase humidity. In technical terms, if the amount of water vapor did stay the same but the ambient temp rose from the furnace, the relative humidity drops. But I'd think running the furnace would carry out some moisture.

Running A/C would be best of course.

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#1662096 - 11/07/09 12:06 PM Re: Drying Carpet [Re: Drew99GT]
Warstud Offline


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Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
There's no way running your furnace can increase humidity


Your missing the point..we all know that heat evaporates water.. turns liquid water to a gas vapour(humidity etc.) So as you decrease the liquid you have increased the gas but now you have to get rid of the gas. It's not the furnace that increases the humidity it's the drying effect of the heat from the furnace creating humidity through evaporation. So in the end the furnace will decrease humidity once it escapes the home.

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#1662133 - 11/07/09 01:15 PM Re: Drying Carpet [Re: Warstud]
Pesca Offline


Registered: 05/31/08
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Loc: Montreal, Quebec in Canada
If you have a fire place, make a nice fire.
That is one the best way to try a place.
And like others said, create a good air flow in your home to move the humidity away.
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#1662178 - 11/07/09 02:14 PM Re: Drying Carpet [Re: Pesca]
Pablo Offline


Registered: 10/28/02
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Loc: Duvall WA - Pacific NW USA
Thanks guys. Seems like less the 24 hours after the cleaning, the carpet is now feeling quite dry. I'll keep the heat up and air moving today, tomorrow it should dry enough to drag furniture around and in.
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