Carpet Feels Damp After Rain

We have a crawl space under the entire house that is only accessed from the outside.

Carpet feels damp after rain.

I did go outside and look along the wall that is damp and it appears the soil in the garden there is high above the foundation level and even with the weeping holes. Staining and blistering of wall covering. Condensation on cold walls and floor in summer. Odor mold and mildew.

Remove as much water from the damp carpet as possible using a wet vacuum. And eventually that water will reach your flooring and cause visible damage. Damp carpet or warped hard flooring. It smells slightly mildewy and feels cold like there might be moisture.

The temporary fix was to rip up the carpet knock a hole in the concrete slab repair the leaking pipe fill in the hole with quickcrete cement and restretch the carpet once it and the pad had dried. We have a 2 story home and the ground level is the one that is wet. If you have carpet throughout your home keep an eye out for damp areas or spots that suddenly appear. If you have a wet vacuum go over the damp spot to take out as much of the moisture as possible.

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. Maybe i m going crazy but after a big rain my living room just feels damp. Work in small sections at a time. When i vacuumed the smell got worse temporarily.

If you don t have a wet vacuum dab the damp area with towels until it s feeling a little drier. When you have a leak in the slab foundation of your home that water accumulates and sometimes has nowhere to go but up. The rooms upstairs are fine. I checked the attic and there are no signs of leaks or dampness.