Yes, I did sucked as much of the water out as possible before buying
the dehumidifier. The drying was too slow with the carpet cleaner and
wanted to avoid any smelling. The dehumidifier worked great , no
smells at all and the drying was fast too.

Thanks.

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:45:35 -0500, dnoyeB
wrote:

wrote:
I have a subfloor( actually I had 1 x 2 spaced at 16in OC with
styrofoam insulation between and covered with plywood) installed in my
basement 12 years ago. I installed a carpet on the floor 6 years ago.
Last summer, the basement was flooded through one of the windows. I
had all the carpet wet. I mopped a lot of the water on the carpet and
purchased a dehumidifier which I ran for the rest of the summer. For
the first couple of days a lot of water was removed by the unit.

My question is, should I have removed the carpet and the subfloor to
avoid mold problem ? I intend to run the dehumidifier all summer
again.

Thanks.

You shoudl have at least rented a carpet cleaner and sucked the water
out of the carpet.