I'm building a riser for some home theater seating (framing with 2x12's and installing 3/4" plywood on top) and am going to have it carpeted. What I'd like to do is leave about a 1" lip over the edge so that I can run rope lights underneath after carpet is installed. My question is how to prep that edge - if I leave the plywood square, is the carpet going to look funny around the edge? Would it look better with a beveled edge?

Had a water pipe bust above our drop ceiling in our basement. The carpet in the basement was very wet but no actual puddling. Probably 300-400 square feet of carpet? We used a shop vac to get what we could. Then rented a professional carpet cleaner to suck out water. We're now at the point where we can't get any more water out of the carpet with the machine but its still damp. We have had several fans running constantly and a dehumidifier. My husband thinks that the carpet will be fine without pulling it up. Its a very low high traffic carpet, not a lot of cushion. However, I'm very concerned that we are going to get mold in the padding if we don't get it up. Its now been 48 hours since the incident. If we leave the carpet down and hope for the best whats the worst case? I'm afraid we will get mold, and it will be difficult to eradicate before we are forced to install new flooring.