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Terminal Frost · 04-14-2004, 12:29 PM

Ok - so I live in NJ and the weather has been fucking HORRIBLE for the longest time. Fucking shitty rain and fog and storms and cold weather. Our basement is a finished one and we've had flooding problems many times in the past. After replacing like 5 fucking carpets we finally dug new sump holes and have 2 pumps running to keep this place dry. The newest pump just decided to give up and just fucking stopped working after only running for 2 days. I started to see some water in the end of the basement so I quickly got another pump and hooked it up and it was able to drain the water in the hole down to a reasonable level.

Anyway, now I've got a rather large 8'x6' wet spot in the back of the basement. The floor is slanted so luckily only the back part was effected. So now what can I do to get this rug dry? I want to get it dry as fast as possible so I can get a carpet cleaner down here. I dont have lots of fans or anything, but the ones I tried to use don't seem to work. I was thinking about boiling a large pot of water and pouring it over the wet area. I figured this would heat up all the water and hopefully it would evaporate a lot quicker than the cold water on the floor is now. However, I know how smart all you can be so I figured I'd ask here before I tried any stupid ideas that I came up with.

Sorry for the rant, lol, NJ has been miserable and I'm getting fat from the lack of Tennis weather.

Thanks!

04-14-2004, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Terminal Frost Tilted Location: Manhattan Island	DAMN IT!! What's the best way to dry out a carpet?? Ok - so I live in NJ and the weather has been fucking HORRIBLE for the longest time. Fucking shitty rain and fog and storms and cold weather. Our basement is a finished one and we've had flooding problems many times in the past. After replacing like 5 fucking carpets we finally dug new sump holes and have 2 pumps running to keep this place dry. The newest pump just decided to give up and just fucking stopped working after only running for 2 days. I started to see some water in the end of the basement so I quickly got another pump and hooked it up and it was able to drain the water in the hole down to a reasonable level. Anyway, now I've got a rather large 8'x6' wet spot in the back of the basement. The floor is slanted so luckily only the back part was effected. So now what can I do to get this rug dry? I want to get it dry as fast as possible so I can get a carpet cleaner down here. I dont have lots of fans or anything, but the ones I tried to use don't seem to work. I was thinking about boiling a large pot of water and pouring it over the wet area. I figured this would heat up all the water and hopefully it would evaporate a lot quicker than the cold water on the floor is now. However, I know how smart all you can be so I figured I'd ask here before I tried any stupid ideas that I came up with. Sorry for the rant, lol, NJ has been miserable and I'm getting fat from the lack of Tennis weather. Thanks!