I with the don't tell the land lord anything crowd. I gurantee if you tell the landlord, you'll have to buy new carpet. If you don't say anything they'll never even notice.
broken aquarium all over my carpet.. what do i do?
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That would be my absolute WORST nightmare!! Hope you manage to get your hands on dehumidifier/fans and it all comes good for you!!
Nothing useful to add I'm sorry, just 'sympathy'.
I'm also with the 'don't tell the landlord unless you absolutely have to' brigade! Having to pay for new carpet that isn't even needed when you can clean up yourself would just be insult to injury!!
Good luck
Nothing useful to add I'm sorry, just 'sympathy'.
I'm also with the 'don't tell the landlord unless you absolutely have to' brigade! Having to pay for new carpet that isn't even needed when you can clean up yourself would just be insult to injury!!
Good luck
ok guys.. I went home from work yesterday and it was still soaking wet.. I was going to rent one of those fans but I couldn't find one that was heated.. it just seemed like regular old fan..
What I did was, move everything on top of the carpet (this included another tank and a computer desk, so it was quite a pain). Then I pulled up all the affected carpet and removed the saturated padding and threw it away. Then I propped up the carpet on some metal fold chairs and stuck a tower fan under it.
So, my hope is that the carpet will dry out and then I can just put down new carpet padding and lay the carpet back down overtop. The carpet itself is still quite wet though so I am kind of feeling like it is a longshot.
And I looked at my lease.. I am not sure if aquariums count as pets, but if so, I can get in a fair amount of trouble with the landlord as I didn't pay a pet deposit, pet rent, or sign a pet lease addendum.
What I did was, move everything on top of the carpet (this included another tank and a computer desk, so it was quite a pain). Then I pulled up all the affected carpet and removed the saturated padding and threw it away. Then I propped up the carpet on some metal fold chairs and stuck a tower fan under it.
So, my hope is that the carpet will dry out and then I can just put down new carpet padding and lay the carpet back down overtop. The carpet itself is still quite wet though so I am kind of feeling like it is a longshot.
And I looked at my lease.. I am not sure if aquariums count as pets, but if so, I can get in a fair amount of trouble with the landlord as I didn't pay a pet deposit, pet rent, or sign a pet lease addendum.
One suggestion from me would be to save and receipts for ANYTHING that you had to rent or buy to prove that you took action to repair the damage... That at least might help you a little.
I am not sure what the rental laws are in the USA but in Canada here they cannot make you pay anymore than the security deposit that you put down when you first rented.
Those "snail" fans that those guys are talking about are REALLY great. I remember when we had a water leak in our townhouse that we were renting and those things helped to dry the carpet REALLY well. If you can get your hands on one then do so.
I am not sure what the rental laws are in the USA but in Canada here they cannot make you pay anymore than the security deposit that you put down when you first rented.
Those "snail" fans that those guys are talking about are REALLY great. I remember when we had a water leak in our townhouse that we were renting and those things helped to dry the carpet REALLY well. If you can get your hands on one then do so.
i suggest a heat lamp aimed at the carpet.
here's what we did:
we bought some of those cheap clip on shop lamps and put 1 reptile heat lamp in one, and in the other we put a compact fluorescent UV light. we aimed them both at the wet spot, and towelled/blow dried (with a hair dryer) repeatedly. its long and slow but it worked. the UV light will help to ward off any mold/mildew
here's what we did:
we bought some of those cheap clip on shop lamps and put 1 reptile heat lamp in one, and in the other we put a compact fluorescent UV light. we aimed them both at the wet spot, and towelled/blow dried (with a hair dryer) repeatedly. its long and slow but it worked. the UV light will help to ward off any mold/mildew
hmm.. i noticed that you said you aimed it at the spot.. in my case the spot is about 12x5 in one room and about 12x2 in the adjacent room.. how big was yours? the lamps don't get THAT hot do they?
yes, actually, they do. you have to be careful since nylon carpet will surely melt and probably catch fire if you keep the lamp too close.
yeah my spot wasn't that big.. but heat lamps get very hot. as the carpet dried we had to move the lamp further and further away because we were concerned it would catch fire.
Do not use heat to help dry the water.
I found out that you want the temp of the room normal..by heating the top layer may dry up leaving trapped water below.
de humidifiers at room temp may help by keeping the air dry.
blowing air over inceases evaportion but will keep the fibers from drying out and allow them to 'wick' water from below
heat also encourages mildew
I found out that you want the temp of the room normal..by heating the top layer may dry up leaving trapped water below.
de humidifiers at room temp may help by keeping the air dry.
blowing air over inceases evaportion but will keep the fibers from drying out and allow them to 'wick' water from below
heat also encourages mildew
