Can You Put A Box Over Wet Carpet

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Can you put a box over wet carpet.

Let the baking soda sit on the carpet for several hours up to 24 hours to allow it ample time to soak up the remaining moisture and odor from the carpet. I have my study table and computer. Can i put back furniture on the wet carpet. And if the existing carpet was glued down not tacked it can be a huge time saver to lay the new carpet over the old.

Choose something with a different texture and or fiber like jute sisal silk. You want the rug to bring life to the floor like in laura s adorable melbourne home shown above where she layered a graphic flat weave over beige carpet and a basic tiled hearth. We are cleaning the whole house with rug doctor because we are selling the house. On the face of it installing new carpet over the old carpet does have some advantages.

Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet. A rug over carpet. Sure i d get my security deposit back but i d have to live with a disgusting 8 x 10 cover up in the meantime. I don t really mind about the furniture its kinda old.

It saves on the cost and labor of pulling up and disposing of the existing carpet keeping carpet waste materials out of the landfill. In most cases wall to wall carpeting is very basic. I put down a transparent sheet of plastic 2mm thick painters drop cloth style much bigger than the litter box on the carpet. Depending on the size of the damp carpet you may need to use more than one canister of baking soda.

Cheap enough and the cotton bath mat can go into the washer. We didn t know enough about our future to justify the time and expense. I have two questions. I then put a regular sized heavy cotton bath mat in front of the box.

Sprinkle a large amount of baking soda over the damp carpet. Here s a link to a success story over fluffy carpet if you d like to try it. A neutral color with a cut wool pile and no heathering or interesting variation.