Wet carpets - any ideas why?

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The carpet in one of the cabins is soaking wet by the door. I think it was dry before we set off but it was soaked on arrival.

Nothing dripping on to it. Any thoughts on what might be causing it?

(She's a Sealine T51, wetness in starboard twin cabin).
 
what is the other side of the bulkhead, could it be a leaking shower tray, toilet or sink?

Did you have a rough crossing recently? Water can force it's way past the porthole seals if there's enough water pressure from waves slapping the hull, and can hose its way to parts of the cabin which aren't directly under the porthole. You'd normally see salt residue sprayed elsewhere though. A rough crossing could also have caused a silicone joint to fail somewhere, and rain or sea water may be channelling along to the point that's wet.
 
It seems to be fresh water. It is near a shower but the shower has not been used.

Bilges are dry.
 
Do you have aircon running? We had a similar experience in one of our cabins in that the carpet was always wet. I eventually traced it to condensation from the air handler dripping on to the part of the carpet that was pushed under the compartment in which the air handler was located
 
PEJ said:
No but we have had it running on previous days. The offending area is very near to the air con unit and that and its seacock are next for investigation.
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With our problem, it was just a case of making a couple of holes in the panel under the air handler such that condensation drains into the bilges rather than dripping onto the floor and soaking the carpet
 
Investigation of the air con drew a blank.

No K9s to P on this boat.

This is becoming a real mystery.
 
The "why" piece is simple .... Water ...

The "how" piece is more difficult...

Have you had rain lately ?? ... water is a fickle matter, and will find the strangest routes down the way, so could be a window seal leaking and water follwing cables, through light fittings etc., down into the cabin.

If no rain (or rough journeys), then you need to look at the water supply route .... hoses do perish and will leak and connections does loose off...

I'd remove said carpet and dry, dry out and sprinkle flour around and you'll soon find where the water is coming from .... if it is still leaking that is... then you can back trace this in similar fashion to the original source .....

Of course, all this is assuming no one spilled a glass of water in the first place... :)
 
Peter,
Amongst our chat the other day, if you have had the Air Con on Cooling cycle then it could be condensation water from the air con unit.
I remember spotting that air con unit in the side cabin behind that panel at eye height.
The air con unit should be sitting in a metal tray which would collect the condensation water from the unit.
Look to see if there has been any hoses fitted to drain the water away from from this tray.
Usually, on a Sealine these condensate drain hoses go into a shower sump to be pumped away.
I had the same problem on our previous T50 where the drain hose went slightly up hill in one place which caused the drain tray to overfill, run down a headlining panel and actually make the carpet wet in the aft cabin well away from the drain tray.
If it has a condensate drain hose you could try what i did and pour some water down the hose to check it is draining away correctly suffice to say you can find where the end of the drain hose should be.

Good luck exploring.
 
OK - could be two things
You have a fridge freezer in the companion way - have you checked that there are no leaks from that?

I seem to remember that under there is a Whale shower pump unit under the companion way floor.
The float switch did fail when we had the boat and I fitted a completely new Whale unit - they are notorious for failing float switches.
I think that more than just showers discharge into the Whale pump unit.
I seem to remember a kind of tray in that area that keeps any water from spreading into the bilges.
So, the float switch could have failed and water could have been sloshing around and only come out when you went to sea recently.
I also seem to remember that you step down into the starboard cabin which would be lower than the tray under the companion way floor.
If it is the starboard cabin that is wet, that could be the cause.

Have a close look at the shower outlets - both of them

Knowing the boat, I don't think the A/C units would be the cause.
The A/C seacock is way down in the bottom of the boat - to get to it you remove the "under bed" lockers under the inboard bed in the starboard cabin.
And then hang upside down - it is about 3 feet away - not easy to get to.
That boat was a special order - all the A/C compressors are under the port double bed - squeezed in.

Good luck
Please let us know what you find.
My money is on the shower pump
 
The Prime suspect under investigation is the fridge. Could be that the door isn't closing properly and it's defrosting.
 
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