So my return hosing disconnected from my pump and it back siphoned water.. About 100 gallons of water on my carpet. I quickly ran out and bought a shop vac and baking soda but the carpet is still extremely wet. Do you guys have any other recommendations? I currently just have a fan running over the carpet and the window open
100 Gallons of water on the carpet
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That Suck!!
I never had that much water flood my carpet but had water floods before . Wife has a
nice carpet cleaner I've learn to use , I would suck-up as much as I could then clean the carpet after words it would come out nice an fresh and drys fairly quickly .
I never had that much water flood my carpet but had water floods before . Wife has a
nice carpet cleaner I've learn to use , I would suck-up as much as I could then clean the carpet after words it would come out nice an fresh and drys fairly quickly .
Sorry to hear about your accident. If the carpet was totally saturated with water, then that means that your padding is extermely wet and a simple house fan may take days or weeks to totally dry the carpet and padding, so it might be better for you to go to a home depot and rent two of there large drying fans not sure of the correct name but they are shaped like a large whistle. Then you would need to lift the carpet from the tack strips and placing one fan on right and left sides under the carpet blowing towards the the aquarium to make a cyclone effect for drying. This will help dry the carpet and the padding. You might also want to by a disinfectant to spray on the padding and carpet when its dry, and lastly if you don't have a steamer type shampoo machine, have someone come out and do it for you so you don't have that mildew smell later down the road. Hope this helps and good luck.
Hello; When I moved into a different house last year I removed the carpet from the area where my tanks are placed. I put down vinyl tile type squares in the area and a perimeter of plastic corner round molding. The corner round molding is set with clear silicone. In a corner of the area ther was already a hole where TV cable had been run, I enlarged it a bit to 3/4 inch. My hope is that when water gets out of my tanks it will be contained in the area and drain into the basement. This will not help too much in the case of a sudden failure with a large gush, but most of my tank failures have been of the sort you describe or cracks and seam failures that dump a lot of water over a period of time.
Water will find a way out of an aquarium at some point. It has happened to me several times before and will happen again.
Water will find a way out of an aquarium at some point. It has happened to me several times before and will happen again.
I'd say rent a rug doctor to clean up.. had to do it myself before for about 50 gallons of water in the carpet.
Gonna use my friend's Kirby to clean today to see how that goes. Most of it is dried off already since its extremely dry and hot here
As stated earlier, make sure your padding is nice and dry as well, if not it could start to smell, show water stains in the carpet, and possible start mildew..
Hello; Depending on the type of flooring under the carpet, you may have issues with stains. I had a large section of carpet in a room with hardwood floors. It was not the wall to wall with foam padding, just the bordered type with a jute backing. A 55 gallon seam let go while I was away for a few days and about 3/4 of the water leaked out. I did the wet vac and fans to dry the carpet, but did not move all the furniture and take the carpet out. Some years later when I decided to remove the carpet and have just the hardwood floors. There was a large dark stain in the wood floor.
I no longer place a tank on carpet
I no longer place a tank on carpet
Buy a dehumidifier they cost like a hundred buck, but will pull the water from the carpet and pad. Probably take a week or two. I spilled 30 gallons on the floor and it took about a week. Hope this helps.