Would a dehumidifier help to dry out carpet?

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Our living room carpet needs cleaning a few times a year. But every time I clean it, it takes days to dry out (even in the height of summer when it's 30°+ outside with the French doors wide open!) and the room starts to smell of damp. I'm wondering if a dehumidifier would help to dry it out faster? I'm looking them up on FB Marketplace right now because the carpet is in need of a clean but with this miserable weather it'll take forever to dry out!

Yes it will. I used one after downstairs bedroom had been flooded so properly soaked. Just plug it in and close the door. Empty the reservoir every so often.

Yes, definitely. It help us dry the wall, will manage with carpet too

Yes it will. When my DD had a burst pipe it flooded the kitchen and made its way to the front room via the hallway. We used a carpet cleaner to suck up most of the water and then used my (basic) dehumidifier for several days, moving from room to room. The laminate flooring didn't buckle and the carpet never went mouldy or smelly. I'm sure it could cope with a normal cleaning

Why is it getting so wet? How are you cleaning it?

We have a fancy Vax machine but the carpet is very thick and retains a LOT of moisture!

Dehumidifiers are great and will help. Also put your heating on for a few hours and mop up excess water with towels (walking on the towels can help).

The heating 😂 we're not rich you know 🤣

Heating makes the excess water evaporate into the air. Dehumidifiers work by taking excess water out of the air.

I have dogs and my family are very bad at taking shoes off . The carpets are always getting dirty so my son bought me a Rug Doctor machine. Even this leaves the carpets wet for ages do I use a humidifier and you would be amazed at the amount of water it sucks up.
Definitely get one but only for this - they are expensive to run.

Spread newspapers (or similar) out overnight, they will absorb the worst of the moisture, then use a dehumidifier for a couple days.

Yeah I did science at school 😉 But running the heating is expensive, especially for a few hours on a heat high enough to dry carpets 😬

Only do this if you want your clean carpets ink stained.

Should be fine if you don't walk on it, I've done it many times without issue

Some people don't understand (or forget) certain things and its not meant as an insult when reminded. You asked if buying a dehumidifier would make the drying process quicker, yes it does however adding heat with the dehumidifier reduces the time drastically.

But if you want to go the false economy route then thats your choice. I cant understand the not putting heating on for a couple of hours (pennies) to save the carpet from going mouldy costing £££ to replace/rectify.

I bought the cheapest 10 litre dehumidifier from Argos for £140 and it's really effective (and means that I no longer need to use a tumble dryer). As pp says, turn it on, shut the door and change the thingummy that collects the water regularly.

I'm a slattern and have even been washing curtains and rugs.