So about a week ago two rooms in my house flooded with about an inch of water. (Don't ask me how it happened). We moved the furniture and cleaned the water up with towels. Fast forward 5 days and the rooms are unbearable. There is the worst -blam!- smell coming out of them, we are thinking about getting the carpet replaced.
So, was it the water that caused the carpet to smell like this? If so, how?
Also one of the rooms happens to be my bedroom.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DarkestSeptagon [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SmD x MaYHeM x It's mold. If you don't want to get sick, you'll stay at a hotel while the house is professionally cleaned. How do some people not understand this simple concept? water + house = bad[/quote]Well that would explain why my coughing and runny nose won't go away. Only the two rooms have carpet. Everything else is wood. [/quote] Wood absorbs moisture, so the walls have become a breeding ground for mold and other bad things. If you have wood under the carpet, it's even worse. You should get it looked at by professionals. They may have to replace part of the wall depending on how bad it is. How did you manage to fill up two rooms with an inch of water?