White Stuff Under Carpet

White mold growth while a common problem in residential homes does not receive the same attention as black mold.

White stuff under carpet.

White efflorescence caused by high water movement pushing salts out of a concrete floor slab. Posted by turgid dahlia at 3 01 pm on august 28 2008. But dude you re meant to sweep stuff under the rug not out from beneath it. Mold grows on almost any surface including wood carpet and food.

To get rid of this problem all you need to do is to use a wall scraper or other tool with a blade and scrape along the wooden underlying floor to lift the remnants and the sand the floor hoover and then sand again with a finer grain of paper this should. I think it s the backing and some have sort of uh exuviated this stuff for mere weeks others for as you say months and months. White mold growing in your closet or anywhere in your home should be removed to reduce adverse effects. The white powder under your rug is latex and its powdery mess is a common occurrence with hand tufted rugs.

I ve had rugs that do this from all places. David auten owner of piper auten floor sanding in centerville ohio said it s possible that the wood floor under an old carpet is in good shape but in some cases the floor is damaged and in. However many white molds are still capable of producing negative health effects and should be dealt with promptly. Yes this is the carpet adhesive used to stick the carpet down and with age it will dry out and crack leaving the white powder you find.

As a hand tufted rug owner you may notice a strange white powder or residue on the floor or padding when lifting up a corner of the rug. There is a canvas with the design mapped out that the wool strands are inserted into using a tufting gun. Primarily this is due to the fears surrounding more well known black molds such as stachybotrys. Efflorescence salts white deposits white tan crystalline or bubbly tan or other colored mineral salts on foundations and masonry walls white fluffy stuff or white crystalline stuff often found on building walls may not be mold at all though it is an indicator of problem leaks moisture dampness.

It sounds like you have a chronic efflorescence problem. Hand tufted rugs are constructed from different parts that are glued together. Efflorescence is a process where salts leach out of the concrete carried by water and end up on the surface as a white dusty residue.