Southern Utah's dry climate means spills and pet accidents do not always show themselves right away. Moisture can sit in the padding under the carpet for weeks before an odor becomes noticeable, by which point the pad has usually absorbed it for good. When the cause is a pet accident, this often overlaps with our pet damage carpet repair work.
Red desert dirt tracked in from outside is gritty, and it works down through carpet fibers into the pad in high-traffic hallways and entryways. Over time that grit crushes and thins the padding faster than in a home with softer, cleaner soil. We see this most in entry hallways and stairs in Saint George and Washington homes.
Before assuming a smelly or lumpy carpet needs full replacement, it is worth having the pad checked. In many St. George homes we visit, a carpet pad replacement saves carpet that still has years of life left once the failed pad is swapped out. We will tell you plainly if that is the case or if the carpet needs to go too.
