Chris' Carpet Service & Water Restoration

06/22/2026

Hear it straight from the customer: when their office copier exploded toner everywhere, they thought the carpet was done for. Replacement bid energy.

They'd worked with our team before for other carpet care needs, so they gave us a call. We were upfront with them. Toner spills don't come with guarantees. The pigment is engineered to bond, and once it's deep in carpet fibers, sometimes it stays.

But we got to work, took it section by section, and the result honestly surprised everyone.

Watch their full testimonial above and see why Tampa Bay businesses trust Chris' Carpet Service & Water Restoration with the messes other crews won't touch.

06/19/2026

Water spreading across your floor is a heart-stopping moment, but the first few minutes really do matter.

We put together a simple emergency water damage checklist so Tampa Bay homeowners know exactly what to do: stay safe, shut off the power and the water, document everything for insurance, and start drying fast. In our humidity, mold can move in within 24 to 48 hours, so quick action saves you money and stress.

Save this one before you ever need it. Our family-owned crew has helped local families recover since 1976, and we answer the phone around the clock.

Read the full checklist here: https://www.chriscarpetservice.com/blog/emergency-water-damage-checklist-for-residents

06/18/2026

Clogged gutters cause water damage to Florida homes. Learn the warning signs, prevention tips, and when to call Chris' Carpet Service & Water Restoration.

Clogged gutters cause water damage to Florida homes. Learn the warning signs, prevention tips, and when to call Chris' Carpet Service & Water Restoration.

06/17/2026

Lightning Safety Awareness Week starts June 21. Here is the part most homeowners do not know.

A lightning strike does not need to hit your roof to cause damage. It can travel through the ground, enter through wiring, and smolder inside a wall for hours. By the time anyone smells it, the damage is well underway. Florida leads the country in lightning strikes, and Pinellas takes its share.

If you take a close strike and your power flickers, walk the house. Sniff for anything burnt. Touch outlets. If something feels warm or off, call your electrician first. Then call us at (727) 888-5111 for the water and smoke cleanup.

06/15/2026

A bathroom exhaust fan that vents into the attic is the same as no fan at all. Worse, actually.

It is moving humid shower air directly into a hot, dark, enclosed space, which is the dream environment for mold. Florida attics already run hot and damp. Adding daily shower steam is how we end up doing attic mold remediation on six-year-old homes.

Check that your fan vents through the roof or soffit to the outside, not just into the rafters.

Cheap fix today, big fix avoided later. (727) 888-5111 if you find one of these.

06/13/2026

Hurricane season just kicked off here in Tampa Bay, and the best time to protect your home is right now, before a single storm forms.

A free Saturday of prep goes a long way once the rain starts. Clear those gutters, re-caulk the windows, trim the loose branches, and move your valuables up off the floor.

And if water still finds its way inside, remember that mold can take hold within 24 to 48 hours, so do not wait it out.

We put together a simple prevention checklist to help you and your neighbors get storm ready.

Take a look and save it for the season: https://www.chriscarpetservice.com/blog/how-to-prevent-water-damage-before-hurricane-season

06/12/2026

Most people grab a bottle of bleach when they see mold on the bathroom ceiling. Makes sense, right? Bleach kills stuff.

Not really, though. On porous surfaces like drywall and wood, bleach kills the surface coloring but leaves the root structure alive underneath. A week later the spot is back, sometimes bigger, and now the wall is also full of bleach water that fed even more moisture into the cavity. The drywall paper is the food source. The root has to come out, not just the discoloration.

That is the actual difference between cleaning and mold remediation. Questions about a spot you have been bleaching for months? Call us at (727) 888-5111.

06/11/2026

Water emergency at home? Use our quick checklist for the exact first steps Tampa Bay homeowners should take to limit damage, stay safe, and get help fast.

Water emergency at home? Use our quick checklist for the exact first steps Tampa Bay homeowners should take to limit damage, stay safe, and get help fast.

06/09/2026

The most expensive sentence in our line of work is "it dried on its own."

We hear it on call-backs about three months after a small leak that nobody called us for. The carpet looked fine. The wall looked fine. Then a corner started to discolor, or the homeowner started getting headaches in one specific room. Surface dry does not mean dry. Insulation holds water for weeks. Subfloor holds it longer.

By the time you see the damage, the repair is twice what it would have been on day one.

If you had a leak last month and just hoped, call us. (727) 888-5111.

06/05/2026

A pipe gives out at 6pm. You catch it, mop up what you can see, and figure it'll dry by morning.

Here is what is actually happening behind the wall.
➡️ Hour 1 to 4: water wicks into drywall, baseboards, and the carpet pad
➡️ Hour 12 to 24: mold spores activate in the dark, damp cavity
➡️ Hour 48: visible colonies begin to form on paper-faced drywall

Florida humidity puts this whole timeline on fast-forward. Once mold sets in, we are not just drying anymore. We are doing mold remediation too.

Catch it early, save the wall. (727) 888-5111.