How to handle water damage to your carpet

There are different ways in, which you can handle water damage to carpets in your property. Water if there is enough of it can be really destructive even in a short amount of time. If handled incorrectly then any water damaged carpet could end been thrown away instead of been salvaged. As some carpets can be expensive salvaging them can be a preferred option to having to replace them. Should you have any doubts about your ability to handle water damage to your carpet then you should hire us to restore carpets to their former glory. Our company is Btm FloorWorx and we are predominantly based in the Melbourne and Hawthorn area of Australia.

The first step you will need to take is to stop the water getting on to your carpet, if it has not already stopped. The more water gets on the carpet the more things need to be done to effectively handle the damage. If possible attempt to start drying the carpet, once it is dry it is easier tell how much damage the water has caused to it.

However your main priority should be to contact us and arrange for us to sort out the damaged carpet for you. We have plenty of experience in dealing with water damage carpet Melbourne and restoring carpets to a good as new condition. That is done by drying out the carpet and then judging its exact condition once it is dry. Depending on how dirty the water was, or how long it can been covering the carpet for often determines how much cleaning needs to be done. Our cleaning teams will brush the carpet first, then go over it with a vacuum cleaner. Ultimately if those steps have not made your carpet look great again we use steam cleaners. After all we are the best at steam cleaning Hawthorn.