Subfloor Drying Under Carpet in Detroit Lakes, MN

Subfloor Drying Under Carpet in Detroit Lakes, MN

Subfloor drying under carpet is the part most people skip, and it is where the long term trouble starts. When carpet and pad get soaked, water runs straight down into the floor under them. The carpet can feel dry on top while the plywood or concrete below is still wet.

In Detroit Lakes, MN, Detroit Lakes, MN Wet Carpet Drying checks the subfloor on every wet carpet drying job. We pull back the carpet, remove the wet pad and take readings with a moisture meter. Wood subfloors are usually plywood or OSB. OSB is the one to watch. It swells at the edges when wet and does not always shrink back, which leaves ridges you can feel through new carpet.

On wood subfloors we set air movers to blow across the exposed floor and run dehumidifiers to pull the water out of the air. On concrete slabs, drying takes longer because concrete holds water deep. We keep the equipment running until the readings match a dry reference spot in the same home.

Only then do we put down new pad and re-stretch the carpet. Laying new pad on a wet subfloor traps the moisture and brings the odor right back.

Call Detroit Lakes, MN Wet Carpet Drying at (833) 606-3282 for subfloor drying under carpet in Detroit Lakes, MN.