Best Ways To Dry Carpets: Carpet Cleaning Castle Rock Co

One of the best ways to speed up the drying process is to use air fans that circulate air across the surface of the carpet  and throughout the house.

According to TLC Carpet Care in Castle Rock Co, there are two types of air movers for drying carpets: axial and centrifugal.  Air fans are suitable for large spaces and move air in all directions when positioned so that air flows downward. Centrifugal fans are suitable for smaller rooms or hallways and focus the air in a specific direction.

TLC suggests placing fans 10 to 12 feet apart and angling them toward the center of the room. "You want to make sure you're sending air along the walls so that you're hitting the lower portions of the baseboards, as well," he says. "If you're drying a hallway, make sure you have a fan at either side of the room."

TLC Carpet Care also warn customers not to close up the room while the carpet is drying.

"Remember, the humidity has to go somewhere,"The air will hold it for a while, but then you need to remove the moisture from the room. 

TLC Carpet Care recalls an occasion when a school closed its rooms as soon as the custodian had finished cleaning the carpets. When the school reopened in the fall, the carpets had developed mold.

"You can't trap humidity in a room that has no way of getting out. "If you do, the room will stay moist for a longer period of time and that gives mold to develop in the carpets. 

High humidity and low temperatures can also prolong dry times, which is why facilities need to factor these variables into the drying process.

TLC Carpet Care uses three factors of drying carpets: humidity, air flow and temperature. He recommends Castle Rock homeowners purchase a relative humidity meter to measure their houses humidity. If the reading is higher than 50 percent, then the atmosphere may prevent the carpet from drying properly. This, in turn, could foster the growth of microorganisms that could potentially become airborne.

When indoor humidity is high, facilities may need to run air conditioning and use a dehumidifier to remove moisture from the air as the carpet dries. If the weather is cold, staff can turn up the heat and run a dehumidifier, as well as fans, if needed.

Proper ventilation is also imperative to speed up the drying process.

"If it's hot and dry outside, you can open windows — unless it's a commercial building and you have security issues. "If that's the case, you want to make sure there's some outdoor air exchange. Speak to the person responsible for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system and find out whether or not it uses recirculated air."

Sometimes homeowners make the mistake of opening windows to dry carpets when the outdoor air is humid.

"If you're in a really humid area and you open the window, you might be letting more humidity in than out," says TLC Carpet Care. "If it's raining outside, for instance, you might want to leave the windows closed. Instead, turn on the AC it acts like a dehumidifier and run some fans to speed up the drying process."

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