Wet Carpet In My Rv

Then it came to me.

Wet carpet in my rv.

I ve been involved in rving for over 50 years including camping building repairing and even selling rvs and motorhomes. Campgrounds are full of this annoying stuff called dirt. The other side of the wall inside the storage compartment with our freshwater tank was also wet. Open the slide out slightly so that the floor is raised a little higher than the main floor.

Tap the carpet over the tack strip and stretch with a carpet stretcher as well. I ve owned used and repaired almost every class and style of rv ever made. If i cleaned the entire rig at once how would i keep wyatt from laying on the wet carpet. I do all of my own repair work.

This is simply not compatible with the way most rvs are used to camp in campgrounds. Prevention is the best way to keep mold out of your rv so hopefully before you find any mold you will take some steps to prevent it from forming. I used a baby gate to keep him off the damp carpet until it was dry. Most rvs come with cheap rv carpet installed in the bedroom slides and cab area.

First the bedroom then the living room. The best way to clean carpet in an rv products used in this video. Another way to identify it is by looking for black blue green or white stains on your rv walls carpet or other flooring. But it could have also been coming from the bathtub since that was right above.

It can be found at your local grocery store or online. Remove the old carpet and padding as before and then install a line of tack strip and lay the new carpet padding and carpet. And now i have the odor of pet urine that no matter how hard i scrub by hand wet vac specific cleaner s the odor remains. Commercial carpet shampoo can also help remove a wet carpet smell.

Use a commercial carpet shampoo if the smell persists. My other interests include cooking living with an aging dog and dealing with diabetic issues. So we thought the worst. Almost every rv i ve been in had a light colored carpet for some reason.

Here are a few ways to prevent mold from attacking your rv. Here are my thoughts on rv carpet. First park your rv. I would deep clean our rv carpet one room at a time.

We confirmed there was no plumbing leak and were stumped as to how the carpet got wet so we went into troubleshooting mode. Cleaning day arrived and i realized i had a challenge.