Our apartment complex didn t fix it even though we told them alot.
Wet spot on carpet in apartment.
Track it from the wet carpet assuming this is real recent so wood insulation would still be wet up or horizontally to where the leak is.
If you still can t find a likely source then sort of a devil s choice you could call either a roofer or a plumber and hope they find the source given about a 50 50 chance of chosing the one you need to.
You can purchase or rent a moisture meter at a large hardware store or home improvement store.
Scooping food or soil out of the carpet tends to grind the materials further down into the fibers.
I live in an apartment complex in one of the basement apartments half the apartment is below ground the other half is not.
Within a week or so the damp spot progressed to a puddle 4 by 6 feet that a wet vac couldn t really keep up with.
Don t try to dig up the stain.
Salt borax and white vinegar.
At first we assumed our little boys spilled something.
Blot first go for water second.
Now i am seeing similar spots on the carpet on my first and second floor.
Most of the stains are actually in the 2nd floor near bathroom entrances and in the walk in closet areas.
During times where the ac was run alot the condensation would build from the ac unit and we would end up with a sopping wet carpet.
We tried to dry it up but it has stayed wet for a couple weeks.
Whichever spot gives the highest moisture reading is closest to the leak.
I have the berber carpet and the stains are the size of small finger nail.
This room is on a concrete slab.
In our last apartment we had exactly this problem.
It is on the lower level of a split level house built in 1976.
Two nights ago i noticed one small wet spot probably 3x3 inches or so on my carpet.
At first it was just a small wet patch and thought maybe i d spilled something.
In the last two weeks i ve noticed this particular wet spot form in the carpet around the stairs.
A vacuum and a carpet steam cleaner don t worry i explain why we need the heavy equipment below.
If you have solid materials on top of the carpet use a large spoon to gently scrape the material into a pile that you can then remove with a cloth.
Right at the entrance to a room the carpet has a wet spot.
They just look like someone dropped some oil drops here and there.
Or you do a great job spot cleaning only to reveal how dirty the rest of the carpeting really is.
The ac unit was in a closet and the hall ran along the closet wall.
After power washing the carpet and preventing myself from spilling anything within that area it s still wet and spreading farther out.
Here s a way to get them green clean.