Ripped Up My Carpet And Found Some Brown Stuff

Mold growth under the carpet.

Ripped up my carpet and found some brown stuff.

From there it s a simple matter to roll up the carpet and haul it. The color is caused by the mold colony multiplying on your carpet. As darius said there are some small holes from carpet tack strips. Most of the time these patches are white black or various shades of green.

There is a wide range of things that can cause odors and stains on carpets. Green white or black growth on the carpet. Whenever i can get everyone out of the house for a weekend i plan to sand and stain and varnish too. Carpeting in basements below grade level is especially at risk in areas where humidity is high or where wide temperature swings can produce condensation.

We ripped up our carpet and found structurally sound hardwood. So now i want to rip out all of the carpet and do a good once over the interior of the car. In order to remove black mold from carpet the first thing you ll need to do is locate and eradicate the source of moisture. If the source is not identified and eliminated the mould will be a reoccurring issue even after the removal and clean up.

Excessive moisture being trapped in the carpet is the cause of it s growth. The padding may need to be replaced as will the carpet in some cases. I used a screw driver and several chunks flaked up revealing nice rusting metal beneath. To remove the carpet you cut a slit in the carpet near a wall grip the carpet and pry it up off the tack points along one side.

There are places where the old stain is still there.