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Cleaning smelly carpet after heating leak

  • 17-01-2012 11:08am
    #1
    lyverbird1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭


    After wondering why there was a smell of cat pee in the boxroom for a while, we found that there was a slow leak on an untightened joint on a new heating fixture. The joint has been fixed and the carpet is in the process of drying out but the musty smell remains and I'm wondering if this will dissipate as the carpet dries further and if there is anything (e.g. Shake and Vac) that we can use to speed up this process? Or are we stuck with a horribly smelling carpet that we will have no option but to replace? Any tips/advice appreciated...


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  • #2
    Marcanthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭Marcanthony


    lyverbird1 wrote: »
    After wondering why there was a smell of cat pee in the boxroom for a while, we found that there was a slow leak on an untightened joint on a new heating fixture. The joint has been fixed and the carpet is in the process of drying out but the musty smell remains and I'm wondering if this will dissipate as the carpet dries further and if there is anything (e.g. Shake and Vac) that we can use to speed up this process? Or are we stuck with a horribly smelling carpet that we will have no option but to replace? Any tips/advice appreciated...

    Baking soda works. sprinkle it on the carpet and leave it set for as long as possible.(a day).Then Sweep and hover it up .The smell will be gone. If not do it a second time and I gauarantee you the smell will be gone. An old dear told me this and it does work.


  • #3
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    You could try getting the whole carpet professionally cleaned.

    A proper carpet cleaning machine will actually wash water and detergent through the carpet, so it will remove the smelly gunk from the mould debris.

    With a slow leak like that it could be completely rotten and may even have spread into the floorboards underneath.

    I'd suggest pulling it up and seeing what's going on, let it fully dry out and maybe clean the floor under it with a nice smelling disinfectant (NOT original Dettol or something vile and hospital-like)


  • #4
    lyverbird1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭lyverbird1


    Thank you both for your suggestions! I'm glad to report that the carpet is just fine now, once the smell started to clear as it dried out (we lifted that section of the carpet and held it away from the floor with plantpots so the air circulated underneath as well), it nearly completely cleared the smell by itself so we were able to air the room and then just use some Shake and Vac from the local shop to clear the smell. Your suggestions are very much appreciated though, always good to have such knowledge in the armoury!


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