I agree with him only because I’ve seen what lives in and beneath carpet. Even fastidious folks can’t truly clean it well enough, and they definitely can’t keep the moisture from collecting beneath it.
Or live in an area with decent humidity. I’ve helped renovate a few houses of friends, slobs and clean freaks, and they all had an incredible amount of growth beneath the padding material. The slob obviously had it worse, and you could tell where they had spilled liquids like soda.
I agree with him only because I’ve seen what lives in and beneath carpet. Even fastidious folks can’t truly clean it well enough, and they definitely can’t keep the moisture from collecting beneath it.
Moisture beneath seems like something that would only happen if your house is damp anyway, right?
Or live in an area with decent humidity. I’ve helped renovate a few houses of friends, slobs and clean freaks, and they all had an incredible amount of growth beneath the padding material. The slob obviously had it worse, and you could tell where they had spilled liquids like soda.