Wet carpet goona' rot ?

[TANGOMAN]

Mitch, I'm fortunate the sub-floor is plywood. Never thought about the adverse reactions with an OSB sub-floor. . The cabinet base has a glass sheet silconed on to it so drilling would require Tonys services and beer...(that silicone obviously isn't sealing very well eh ?)
Deb, what are you doin' pourin' saltwater onto the carpet for ? Washin' turd stains...? You'll wanna' change your ways 'cause when you get those eclectic blue tiles installed that water will cover a lot of ground. (Like you don't already know that eh ? .
Christy is this weeks winner for the most convincing load of crap award... ."No really honey, the water doesn't stay under there 'cause it's too heavy..." I like that theory the best !
I've never worried in the past about the rotting effects 'cause I was just renting...attitudes change when ya' own the place eh ?
We plan on stayin' here for a long while so the tank probably won't get moved until we replace carpets anyway ? That theory definately justifies my laziness...
I'm sure glad there's a parasitic invasion in the other tank or this would have really wrecked my day...
You can come out of hiding now Alan. You won't be roaming the dark alleys tonite...

[christyf5]

Well I'm all for the "I'll deal with it when I move" option.

Load of crap award? Woohoo! What do I win??

[Chin_Lee]

I had this problem a few years ago when my FW discus tank overflowed in the morning cuz I forgot to turn off a timer that was attached to a water pump that was in a garbage can full of top-off water. I woke up to the sounds of the water pump gurgling as it was running almost dry and I ended with about 40 gallons on my carpet and into the basement. The flooring was plywood and after drying as much off, I put several fans aimed at the carpet around the area and I also put a dehumidifier in the room and set it at the lowest setting of 35%. Within a week and half, it was bone dry but I kept the fans and dehumidifier on for another month just to make sure the moisture in between the subfloor is "sucked" out. If possible, unscrew the lighting fixtures in the rooms underneath to expose the space between the gyproc and electrical plastic enclosure to get as much air into the subfloor. HIH

[rossb]

Tman wrote

Christy is this weeks winner for the most convincing load of crap award...

You can always get a liquid that is more viscous and miscible...like say alcohol, pout it kinda where the water is … and hope it displaces the water. You can tell your wife it will evaporate easier then the water.

It might not work very well but it has the added advantage of taking the heat off the real problem when you explain to your wife why you poured perfectly good alcohol under your aquarium.


Oh and make sure you have wine waiting for her when she gets home, I think it takes 3 glasses beore she will believe you.

[Bob I]

[Canadian Man]

Originally Posted by rossb

Tman wrote

You can always get a liquid that is more viscous and miscible...like say alcohol, pout it kinda where the water is … and hope it displaces the water. You can tell your wife it will evaporate easier then the water.

It might not work very well but it has the added advantage of taking the heat off the real problem when you explain to your wife why you poured perfectly good alcohol under your aquarium.


Oh and make sure you have wine waiting for her when she gets home, I think it takes 3 glasses beore she will believe you.

Ross definitely gets the "Best load of crap award!"

[TANGOMAN]

Chin lee, I'm fortunate in that the basement is unfinished. Chrity asks what she wins ? Well, lets see...being it is the "best load of crap award", lets say ya' win the whole load of, well, you know... . Aparently you will have to share that prize with Ross...
Ross, why would one pour perfectly good alcohol onto the carpet ? Perhaps if I was to filter it through my kidneys first, ,but then that presents a whole new problem.

[Delphinus]

Ewww. Yeah, um ... you go ahead Doug, good luck with that.
I thought people only did that to cycle their tanks.

I am going to politely excuse myself from this thread now...

[ABreefkpr]

Originally Posted by Carpentersreef

FWIW, if you've got an OSB (particleboard) subfloor, and it stays wet, it may swell and put your tank off kilter, up or down...
Can your solid base cabinet have some holes drilled in it somehow to allow the moisture to evaporate?

Mitch

Just so you can breath a little easier. If your floor had been OSB it does not swell like particleboard. I work in a plant that manufactures sturdi-wood and have tested the stuff. Mitch is right, it will swell, but only with continued exposure to water. Not like particle board that seems to double in size the first time your water bed springs a leak. One of the ingredients in the process is wax that repels water.
I think I agree with christy and the weight thing. Ask EmilyB about how the carpet looked when she moved the 155 G.
IMO

Keith

[Quinn]

If you can get pure acetone, that stuff evaporates like nobody's business.

Brad, I think I'm using Aquastik or something like that. It's two colours in the tube and you roll it until it's uniform. It's a clear tube with a red lid. It smells good.