Carpet Feels Damp After Rain

And eventually that water will reach your flooring and cause visible damage.

Carpet feels damp after rain.

When you have a leak in the slab foundation of your home that water accumulates and sometimes has nowhere to go but up. We have a crawl space under the entire house that is only accessed from the outside. I did go outside and look along the wall that is damp and it appears the soil in the garden there is high above the foundation level and even with the weeping holes. Maybe i m going crazy but after a big rain my living room just feels damp.

When i vacuumed the smell got worse temporarily. If you don t have a wet vacuum dab the damp area with towels until it s feeling a little drier. Rot and decay of wood headers joists sill plates and columns. Efflorescence spalling of concrete or masonry.

Deterioration of carpet or wood. If you have carpet throughout your home keep an eye out for damp areas or spots that suddenly appear. Condensation on cold walls and floor in summer. Work in small sections at a time.

I checked the attic and there are no signs of leaks or dampness. Damp carpet or warped hard flooring. It smells slightly mildewy and feels cold like there might be moisture. The temporary fix was to rip up the carpet knock a hole in the concrete slab repair the leaking pipe fill in the hole with quickcrete cement and restretch the carpet once it and the pad had dried.

Remove as much water from the damp carpet as possible using a wet vacuum. Staining and blistering of wall covering. Within a week or so the damp spot progressed to a puddle 4 by 6 feet that a wet vac couldn t really keep up with. The rooms upstairs are fine.