Sometimes, drinks or liquids get
spilt on the carpet accidently and leaves stains. You may even have to handle a
completely soaked carpet due to tap left open or bursting of the water heater. This
does not mean that your carpet is spoilt and needs to be replaced. However, you
must act instantly to minimize the damage.
Carpet
cleaning in London is tagged with several myths but before that it is necessary to know
things about carpets and dampness, which is relevant. Residential carpets have
1/4th inch of pad under it. This pad offers you soft and comfortable
feel, while walking on it. Carpet actually sieves the water. The pad under the carpet
works as sponge and soaks this water. Water likes to move always, so it moves
towards dry building material. In hours or minutes the water will migrate
towards the room edges but pad could be saturated.
Below are some myths
regarding carpet cleaning in London related to drying of wet carpets
- Wet
carpet can dry by itself - It is true but by the time it gets dried up
it can produce bad odour and develop certain bacteria. Even if your carpet
gets dried up completely, the pad still remains wet for much longer.
- Wet
pad has to be removed - People think that water cannot be extracted
from damp pads even with hi-tech extraction machines. Fortunately, there are
several state-of-art equipment available that successfully eliminate
dampness from the pad.
- It
is not possible to dry a damp pad - These days there
is no need to hang the carpet for drying wet pad.
- If highly wet carpet is
dried, it will not emit moldy odour -
It depends on the way you dry the carpet. If both pad and carpet are not
dried quickly and properly then you may have to experience moldy lingering
smell.
