Carpet Water Damage Restoration in Mobile, AL

Wall-to-wall carpeting and its underlying foam padding can absorb up to a gallon of water per square yard. When a plumbing leak or overflow soaks a carpeted bedroom or office in Mobile, over 90% of that water settles into the dense rebond foam pad and the plywood or concrete subfloor underneath.

If wet carpet sits for more than 24 to 48 hours without professional extraction, the latex adhesive holding the primary and secondary carpet backing together breaks down ('delamination'), iron tack strips rust into the fibers, and anaerobic bacteria create a sour, mildewy smell.

For clean Category 1 water leaks, technicians use weighted extraction rovers to squeeze water out of the carpet and pad, or disengage the carpet along one wall, remove wet moisture-barrier padding, dry the subfloor and carpet with high-velocity air movers, and re-stretch the carpet over fresh pad.

For Category 3 water (sewage or outdoor floodwater), technicians safely remove and bag the contaminated carpet and pad so the subfloor can be disinfected and dried.