How do you dry a carpet after pipe breaks?

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Yeah, except that it's those 1-room giant type carpet on which the bed, a giant bookcase, a desk and a wardrobe sit, she lives in a 1-room appartment and has no place to dry it even if she could remove it from under all those things. So still looking for alternative sollutions

You can't dry it, you have to remove it and the carpet padding then throw it away.

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A floor-covering carpet sounds very 1960's to me. This sounds like the perfect opportunity to get rid of that hideous thing and build a modern parquet floor or similar.

Parquet is pretty dated.

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Actually that's not entirely true. You can save carpet and hardwood floors if you act quickly.
Assuming you are saying industrial fans

source:
I work in insurance
I live in an apartments what have had floods. They always bring in fans, even if material has been removed.

LOL at fans drying carpet and the padding.

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A floor-covering carpet sounds very 1960's to me. This sounds like the perfect opportunity to get rid of that hideous thing and build a modern parquet floor or similar.

There's parquet under the carpet. That's generally how we roll around here, have parquet on top of which we pile carpets.

If you can get a carpet shampooer you can use that to suck up excess water. After that if it is normal carpet use fans and open door/window to dry it out.

Yes, in the end that's what she did. I hope it worked... we'll see the results in a few weeks I think.

Does she own the apartment? If not, this is the duty of the landlord.

She owns it. I later understood that it means it's called a condo, so my bad.

Phone the insurance company and let them deal with it.

This is actually the best idea! In Romania there's a law stating that you need to have house insurance, so everyone does! Good call, I forgat about that! Thank you!

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Carpet cleaner is the much better option. Actually remove the water then clean the carpet with it to help prevent mildew and mold.

Ok, will tell her that.

[Orange Joe]

Yes, in the end that's what she did. I hope it worked... we'll see the results in a few weeks I think.

Only way you would get mold is if you left it for days without trying to dry it. I had a washing machine spring a leak and soak my bathroom before. As long as you don't just let it sit and keep air flowing to help dry it she should be fine.

[Orange Joe]

Yeah... remember to make an update thread in a year or so, so we can tell you we told you so.

Year later. No mold in my bathroom. So can I tell you to stfu?

[TirielWoW]

Year later. No mold in my bathroom. So can I tell you to stfu?

Have you looked at the floor under the carpet?

[Shakadam]

Who the hell has carpet in the bathroom?!?!

[TirielWoW]

Who the hell has carpet in the bathroom?!?!

You should have seen my aunt and uncle's bathroom before they got it renovated. xD Whoever lived in their house before was totally nuts and had carpeting throughout their bathrooms. It was soooo gross!

[Orange Joe]

Have you looked at the floor under the carpet?

Yes, I actually tore a piece of the carpet out a few month ago to go back to hard flooring.

Mold happens when you let shit sit. If you help it dry faster mold is a rare thing.

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Who the hell has carpet in the bathroom?!?!

Old lady had the place before I did. Hard floors were "too cold for her feet"

[Belize]

Use protection next time!

[TirielWoW]

Yes, I actually tore a piece of the carpet out a few month ago to go back to hard flooring.

Mold happens when you let shit sit. If you help it dry faster mold is a rare thing.

That doesn't happen here, so maybe it's a difference in climate. Here, mold sets in within hours.