I cleaned carpets for over 25 years and you are honest. I use to have home owners ask if we could get the smell out and they never want to hear you need to trash the carpet, pad, tack and seal subfloor. They will always call someone else until it dawns on them that I was right.. lol
Tack? Is that the strip around the edge with the sharp tacks facing upward? (I am doing a cleanout from SIX cats that were left unattended in the house for several days at a time. 😢😢😢) The stench is HORRIBLE. I had the carpet and the pad pulled up but I left the tacks around the edge...thinking I could reuse them for new carpet... Do I need to pull up all those strips too? And do u even recommend carpet over a hard floor? Thanks in advance! Also...it smells like RUBBER too...is that from the padding debris?
Carpets holds onto SO many odors, pet urine being one of the worst. I honestly don't know how some people can live with the smells that come from their carpets.
We did that in our old house, and for some reason in our new house thought our dogs would be better nope.. we had to replace what carpt there is twice, and we replaced quite a ew areas with vinyl planks. Having a dog that refuses to be potty trained is an expensive PITA.
According to the guy in the video, you have to purchase all new carpet. Three guesses what the guy in the video does for a living. I'll bet he doesn't clean carpets.
Me too. Mine is 17 now and she is wetting every where. I had a new lodger come today and he mentioned the smell. He said my home was lovely apart from the smell. I rent so I cant do a lot. I'm hoping the enzyme cleaner I've ordered will sort it. I've already replaced all carpets upstairs and banned her from going up there and replaced downstairs with vinyl. Her wee has found its way under the kitchen cupboard and small cracks. She is driving me nuts with the peeing. She misses almost all the pads I put on the floor.
I only have one room in my home thats carpeted - the living room, which is a decent size at about 15x25. When i first bought this house and did some remodeling about 17 years ago - i removed the old carpet/padding to replace it all. Knowing i was going to have pets i painted the entire plywood subfloor to seal it, hoping to prvent anything from soaking into the subfloor in the future. I just had to put down my 2nd German Shepherd at 13.5 years old, who unfortunately came down with a UTI about 1.5 months ago and it took about a week to clear up. 5 years ago i bought myself a Bissel Big Green carpet shampooer which is essentially a big rental unit. Even after my dog not being able to get up for a few days, my beigh berber carpet has no odor or noticable stains. If youre gonna have pets, you need a good carpet cleaner and time is not your friend. My bissell was used almost every day to keep the carpet clean and remove any urine accidents as soon as possible, usually within minutes of anything i saw happening. Im SURE if i pulled up this rug id find some stains in the backing - but for now theres no stains, no ordor, nothing shows under a blacklight and thats good enough.
Dang I'm sorry to hear that... if you are still having problems though try Live Pee Free. They have kits that are able to help with the odor problem in carpets :) Here's a link, best of luck!
The exact reason I don’t want a pet. There cute but they can really stink up your home. There have only been a few homes I’ve gone to that I cannot smell animals if any live in the house.
only thing that ever worked for me was bleach it down let it dry then apply a sealer to lock the odors under it. i have had rental owners sell their homes because they couldnt get the smell off basement floor.
I appreciate your advice but it was directed to homeowners. Who can just rip it all out and replace. What are renters supposed to do? We can't just tear it out and replace it. Please address this situation for renters. Thank you
Common sense is to either continuously clean it and spray air fresheners cause for bad cases there is no other way to remove the odor but to rip out the carpet
So your solution in this case is to get rid of the carpet and get rid of the pad and then scrub the floor in preparation for new carpet and new pad, correct?
I’m in an apartment so I can’t just rip up the carpet. I HIGHLY saturated the area with a mixture of hot water, Urine Destroyer pet cleaner, Gain detergent, White House brand lavender vinegar, and dawn dish soap. Think this will do anything? Should I suck it up after a little bit with my steam cleaner or let it sit? Like i just filled up two buckets of this shit and dumped it
I was wondering the same exact thing...listen, I know that our furbabies can have accidents from time to time, but my gosh, take your damn dog out a couple of times a day. I feel lazy sometimes but I get up or my husband gets up and does it anyway. I'd rather take him out real quick, let him release, then have to deal with this disgusting filthy mess. My thing is right now, I just rescued a beautiful boy 3 days ago, he smelled aweful. Gave him a quick bath as soon as we got him home, but honestly it wasn't a super great bath but it helped a little, so I made him a appointment to get groomed by a professional 😊 this afternoon. Now, for the past 2 days he's been laying on my rugs and stuff and that smell kind of lingers on any fabric so I'm just trying to find a way to get rid of the little bit of doggie smell by the time he comes back home nice & fresh from the groomers....
Hello, we are on a concrete slab floor and will be getting wood floors in a few weeks. I currently have carpet and use natures miracle and a black light on accidents. I still at times smell urine and it drives me nuts and am very sure it's in the padding. There is no sub floor but what would you advise me to do after they take up carpet before laying new flooring? Should i black light the concrete and spray enzymes? Your help is much appreciated!
"I still at times smell urine and it drives me nuts and am very sure it's in the padding." get rid of the carpet and seal the concrete with epoxy. epoxy is the only thing that can truly kill the stink.
Renters who have pets - this is why some landlords say "No pets" - the cost is very high to throw out all the pad and carpet then hire a company to deep clean the flooring (concrete, etc) underneath. No pet-loving renter is willing to pay the landlord thou$ands of dollars to remove their pet's odors. And if you're a homeowner with pets and carpet, I dare you to look online, right now, at the cost per square foot of brand new carpet installation. *_I double dare you_* .
that's why I'm teaching my young grand children this..whenever you get a cute puppy or cat they ruin your beautiful home just like mine and there aunts..So Do Not get an animal
listen this will sound crazy but my butter knives fit perfectly into the cracks between. i soak a napkin in some cleaner and wrap the butter knife and go in and then when im done, i can see dirt or maybe pee on the wet napkin
Your comment is a month old now so you've probably fixed your issue already, but after researching this ALL day, here's what I've gathered for sealing the subfloor: 1. Use an enzyme cleaner on the pee spots (you can buy any enzyme based cleaner at Lowe's or Home Depot but even just vinegar works great) Make sure it's as clean as possible. 2. Dry it out completely - it can take a couple days to do this, I would put a fan in the room. 3. Paint the sealant/ primer (I've read KILZ oil-based primer is best, it needs to be oil-based) Make sure the area is well-ventilated because the primer is potent. Use a respirator if you have one. I would do 2 coats. 4. Let it dry, and then you can do your new floor! I'm currently in the drying process 😅 I hope this helps someone. It sure is a pain in the butt haha
I would try mopping with several types of cleaners. First a bleach/water mixture. Then lysol/water mixture. Then maybe vinegar/water mixture? Let the floor dry very well between moppings. Then seal the floor with either Kilz or Zinsser.
Ugh I’m moving into a new rental and the bedrooms have carpet and the house smells a lot of dog (I have 2 cats). Luckily I can keep the doors closed to the bedrooms to avoid them from adding to the scent. The landlords had just replaced the carpets before the last tenant so they aren’t looking to replace them again anytime soon. They had the carpets steamed cleaned but I can still smell the oder and now I’m unsure on how to take on the deodorizing and cleaning myself.
Having wood flooring is actually more expensive because before you lay wood floor their has to be a vapor barrier membrane due to protect moisture seeping from the foundation/subfloor.. Once you get urine on in the cracks of your food floor it's obviously going to go on the vapor padding and great moisture... Now you're looking at replacing wood flooring and vapor barrier 😂
What's really strange is how my neutered male cat would spray and pee on everything - mainly walls and furniture, anything at his "butt level" where he could back up against it, and yes it would trickle down into the carpet. Then I had new carpet installed 4 years ago, and literally from the very moment the install guys left, he NEVER had another incident like that again. Looking back I still wish I would have considered vinyl or wood flooring, but hey...it worked out! 🤪
Great information, great video. I have an area in my garage that's carpeted and my dog loves to go there. now I know why, carpet will get demoed soon. Thanks for the great info.
Hi, even after I sprayed pet spot remover and shampooed the whole room it still has a horrible smell smell. And I still have dried blood in places. The carpet is only 3 months old. Can you help?
I’m British so our products are different & services are different . My problem is worse than carpet because the urine has soaked into a porous wooden floor . I’ve been trying to resoak the wood with vinager & bicarb of soda . Any suggestions from anyone here ? Thankyou
Maybe they can resend and reseal wood first. Also Ozone treatment is effective for odors. I knew someone that had to take out 2 ft of drywall near trim and replace insulation there too from cat urine
It's probably too late now, but I'd advise against the baking soda and instead suggest orange oil... though it might take a lot of applications if the wood was saturated. Oxalic acid removes stains in wood, but not sure it'd work for the odor.
WTF! That carpet needs to be replaced! Disgusting! The cost of this carpet cleaning service - no matter how good he is - will equal or be more than replacing the cheap quality carpet.
Replace the carpet with either wood floor or even better tile. I don’t know why people like carpet that shit gets nasty after 10 or so years. Even if you don’t have pets it smells like stinky feet with wear and tear.
Definitely do not put carpet down on that floor again if they have animals. We got rid of all our carpet and put in amazing waterproof luxury vinyl planks, and it’s the best thing we ever did. Same price as good carpet and no hassle.
I have a spot in the off set (3x3) where my cats litter box was, unbeknownst to me her urine often missed and hit the wall and run down, but alas, its just that corner (3 x 3 off-set) and I saved some carpet AND I am a Carpet man by trade (well was/Retired) and so is my brother, so in that case I can save my carpet, I had cardboard under the spot, but it ran down the wall. Always get a litter box with a COVER, lol, lesson learned.
He's right... the very best way in a nightmare--really stinky urine, etc.... is to tear up the carpet & pad. I've used 1/2 bleach 1/2 water Then give a day or 2 to dry, maybe use fans and crack window a couple inches to get the humidity out, once dry use primer (preferably oil base) to seal up any remaining odor. Then put the new pad and carpet down. Another thing that idk was mentioned in this video is if you have cats... they sometimes will spray urine up the lower walls so there again... clean and repaint your walls... to seal up odor. That should do the trick... you could smell your furniture also... maybe you have to replace that as well etc, etc & your welcome! OH...and if your animals are spraying your carpet you might want to gate them in the kitchen or get a large enough kennel... those metal wired ones are nice. Potty train your animals. If our dog goes pee outside he gets free time... to roam in the living room. Gradually increase the free time as long as they are not having accidents... this takes a watchful eye until they are trained. 24/7
Ill never own another male cat again if our house has carpet.. he has destroyed our house. Our own bedroom wreaks so bad i wont even sleep in there anymore.
Or stay outside until bedtime period. Residual dog urine is bad for our frikkin health and smells Horrible. Urine,chemical cleaner, urine, chemical cleaning pattern is horrible.
Just can never understand why landlords who accept pets allow small dogs and cats.. biggest offenders of peee. I lived in an apartment that wreaked and the landlord said they "shampooed the carpets" .. shampoo? Had to break the lease, I'm allergic to cats and the closet wreaked.
Step one, train your pet. Step two train your pet. Step three, if steps one and two are unsuccessful, get off your ass and buy pads for your pet and/or kennel your pet. If all three steps are unsuccessful, admit to yourself you should not have a pet. The example shown happened over many many weeks and months. That’s an unhealthy situation for both the pet and the owner.
Yea, he recorded this for the owners and did an after thought and stated I could put this on UA-cam and have people watch this, make a little extra change(💰) for myself. Two jobs, doing one day of work. Happy me😄
You need a good enzyme in that situation osr is the best product to use in that situation no pulling carpet or pad treat in place it will cure it guarenteed
RIP up the carpets and pad,throw down cat litter and leave it for 24-48 hours,sweep up cat litter and mop hardwood floors with bleach water let dry and stain floor and varnish lighty.
We have 3 cats and one dog, the cats have ruined my kids carpet and I've tried everything and nothing worked. My husband ordered this today so this afternoon I'll give it a try and pray it works.
"I'll give it a try and pray it works." don't bother. it won't. you have to get rid of the little assholes using your home as a toilet or resign yourself to living in filth. Those are your two options.
that carpet had a mild problem compared to the carpet I just pulled out of a house. They had a rat dog pissing on the carpet at will for the last 15 years. The acid in the urine had completely destroyed the particle board underlayment, turning it into stinky sawdust. In the thousands of homes I've seen, it was by far the worst (because the problem was everywhere as opposed to just one area). However, the owners were so lazy that they never bothered to try to get rid of the stink and because of that, it didn't stink nearly as bad as it does when people try to use deodorizers to kill the stink. Deodorizers do nothing but magnify the problem.
we have females that are fixed. Its a parsons terrier. She has destroyed at least 3 sets of carpets in 2 different houses. Good thing we love her or she would of been gone a long time ago.
Great! Meanwhile THOUSANDS of dollars later. Thanks for telling it like it is....which is something I was afraid of. We have way too many cats and thus, the ammonia odor is keeping us from having guests at our house. Yes, we are fostering them for adoption, so hopefully we can rip up the carpet AND padding once THAT happens. Gotta take out a loan though....hmmm..
No you don't, I'm a professional carpet cleaner. This option is just the "surefire" 100% elimination guaranteed service. Get yourself some enzymes and saturate the shizz out of your carpets mate. Let me know what country you're in and I'll recommend one. Should cost about $60-$200.
@@neildepressedtyson540 America. I tried using baking soda and vinegar...soaked for SEVERAL days, THEN shampooed with a Kirby using a combo of their shampoo with Purple Power, still nothing! I'm soooo frustrated. You'd think by now someone would make a carpet cleaner that you just pour on your carpet let it sit 24 hrs, vacuum and DONE! I haven't found that yet, but when I DO, I'm gonna buy them out!! Thanks for the advice! I shop on e-bay, so maybe I can find something on there.
@@barryallenflash1 they literally have those products mate, baking soda and vinegar doesn't do anything on carpets. Fire away whatever questions you've got, I'll answer them-- but what you're describing literally does exist
@@neildepressedtyson540 So, I found a company on e-bay that sells an enzyme based cleaner that is dormant until you use it. It's activated once it has "food", ie urine, poop, etc. What are your thoughts on that? It makes sense to me. If the enzymes are ALREADY active, they will die out by the time you're ready to use it.
So basically the real solution is to replace the carpet lol. That’s lame. What happens when the animals keep peeing on the new carpet? Just gotta get new carpet all the time? Fuck that.
Well, I guess were all screwed now. Have your dogs wear a diaper I guess. I got carpet that had the rubber backing thinking that would help. I guess not.
Thank you for posting this. Informative and helpful. Long story short > get r4ped on the campus I live on > don’t attend here > when I report it to police they said they can’t do anything if I don’t remember what happened > I go into deep depression > This is pre covid > covid hits > I’m entirely deaf on one ear > maneuver thru world by reading lips > hard to maintain steady job, some Employers Weren’t understanding or patient with me > I don’t hold it against them that they had to Let me go, I made enough mistakes from miscommunication issues with customers and coworkers that it affected business > can’t hold steady job but I stay afloat > get two cats thru foster program. > they’re kittens. Once they got to certain age they would have helped with fixing them > program shuts down because of covid/lack of funding > stuck with two kittens > they grow up and breed > end up with 2 cats and 7 kittens in studio apartment > covid gets harder and I’m having a hard time staying afloat > still dealing with the r4pe PTSD > essentially just work dead end jobs that don’t respect me > isolate myself > I love the cats but they’re also the source of my physical, mental and financial strain > they keep me alive because I don’t like the idea of my friends finding me eaten by them after self un Aliving > I start to get overwhelmed and paralyzed stop eating, taking care of myself and my cats, apartment > finally landlord knocks on my Door wondering why the smell is so bad > able to stall her > with help of friend I surrender kittens to humane society > male cat gets fixed > life starts to get better, find better employment that is supportive of my needs as semi disabled person > get friends again > go thru counseling and support groups > in supportive relationship now who understands my background > they get apartment because they want me to eventually move in with them > oh heck I need to fix apartment > in process of fixing apartment > understand it’s a long road ahead but taught me a lesson on responsible pet owning and learning to ask for help before things get horrible and snowball. Thanks for posting.
I cleaned carpets for over 25 years and you are honest. I use to have home owners ask if we could get the smell out and they never want to hear you need to trash the carpet, pad, tack and seal subfloor. They will always call someone else until it dawns on them that I was right.. lol
smh they don’t want to pay but should have done their research on keeping dogs indoors of a carpet floor house. It costs.
How much will that run for 2400 sq ft of flooring?
Tack? Is that the strip around the edge with the sharp tacks facing upward? (I am doing a cleanout from SIX cats that were left unattended in the house for several days at a time. 😢😢😢) The stench is HORRIBLE. I had the carpet and the pad pulled up but I left the tacks around the edge...thinking I could reuse them for new carpet...
Do I need to pull up all those strips too? And do u even recommend carpet over a hard floor? Thanks in advance!
Also...it smells like RUBBER too...is that from the padding debris?
Carpets holds onto SO many odors, pet urine being one of the worst. I honestly don't know how some people can live with the smells that come from their carpets.
Not what I wanted to hear but damn honest! Thank you! Best yet!
I've been doing this for 11years and you explained it quite well . Best of luck to you
Legit
Lesson learned: Lose the carpets and install LVF or hardwood floors, add throw rugs and replace alot. Problem solved.
I'm going to have to do that 😪
We did that in our old house, and for some reason in our new house thought our dogs would be better nope.. we had to replace what carpt there is twice, and we replaced quite a ew areas with vinyl planks. Having a dog that refuses to be potty trained is an expensive PITA.
For the past 18 years I've grabbed that cheap plastic runner you cut to length from Lowes. Our carpets are still white; no pet smells!
Bingo!
I have LVF, I wish I had tile. So much easier to clean and maintain
5 minutes and I still have no idea what I need to do to remove my fresh stain
Lol
Exactly
I though he was going to show how .
According to the guy in the video, you have to purchase all new carpet. Three guesses what the guy in the video does for a living. I'll bet he doesn't clean carpets.
Right
I love my dogs but after they die I am not getting new ones and this is why
Me too. Mine is 17 now and she is wetting every where. I had a new lodger come today and he mentioned the smell. He said my home was lovely apart from the smell. I rent so I cant do a lot. I'm hoping the enzyme cleaner I've ordered will sort it. I've already replaced all carpets upstairs and banned her from going up there and replaced downstairs with vinyl. Her wee has found its way under the kitchen cupboard and small cracks. She is driving me nuts with the peeing. She misses almost all the pads I put on the floor.
Yep…just said the same thing to myself as I read your comment.
We moved to a place that the PREVIOUS OWNERS animals were the issue. Not everyone can rip up a carpet either.
If you are renting and the owner says you can't pull up the carpets, you can't pull up the carpets...@rustytr
I only have one room in my home thats carpeted - the living room, which is a decent size at about 15x25. When i first bought this house and did some remodeling about 17 years ago - i removed the old carpet/padding to replace it all. Knowing i was going to have pets i painted the entire plywood subfloor to seal it, hoping to prvent anything from soaking into the subfloor in the future. I just had to put down my 2nd German Shepherd at 13.5 years old, who unfortunately came down with a UTI about 1.5 months ago and it took about a week to clear up. 5 years ago i bought myself a Bissel Big Green carpet shampooer which is essentially a big rental unit. Even after my dog not being able to get up for a few days, my beigh berber carpet has no odor or noticable stains. If youre gonna have pets, you need a good carpet cleaner and time is not your friend. My bissell was used almost every day to keep the carpet clean and remove any urine accidents as soon as possible, usually within minutes of anything i saw happening. Im SURE if i pulled up this rug id find some stains in the backing - but for now theres no stains, no ordor, nothing shows under a blacklight and thats good enough.
Pretty much if you don't catch it fresh your not getting rid of it forever it'll just sit there until you replace the whole carpet
Im living this nightmare right now. Im 59 and have no one to help pull up the pad and carpet. I have my kids dogs and cats and nobody will help
Don't mean to be mean , but you could make them take care of their own pets and help pay for their upkeep.
@@ashleyschadegg22 i gave everyone else's dogs to a rescue. Still have my son's cat
Dang I'm sorry to hear that... if you are still having problems though try Live Pee Free. They have kits that are able to help with the odor problem in carpets :)
Here's a link, best of luck!
What if you just moved in a rental property? Then what?
I want to know this too
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The exact reason I don’t want a pet. There cute but they can really stink up your home. There have only been a few homes I’ve gone to that I cannot smell animals if any live in the house.
You could get a fish or other aquatic animals
Problem solved until the animal pees again .
Right and also what if your not rich enough to to replace carpet. we have 3 elderly dogs and accidents are going to happen
With cats, they will keep spraying again again and again….
@@nicolecarnevale1071 yeah it’s bad.. I don’t like that but I love my cats
@@ashleyschadegg22 good question.. Might need a carpet removed and replaced with hard floor
Solution: get rid of your nasty pets!
Ok I get it, replace the carpet, but what and how do I clean the concrete as it must be soaked in?
only thing that ever worked for me was bleach it down let it dry then apply a sealer to lock the odors under it. i have had rental owners sell their homes because they couldnt get the smell off basement floor.
what sealer did you use
Cleanig with Bleach is very effective. tlccarpetcare.net
@@relevant.c5411 what kind of sealer thanks
I appreciate your advice but it was directed to homeowners. Who can just rip it all out and replace. What are renters supposed to do? We can't just tear it out and replace it. Please address this situation for renters. Thank you
if your animal didn't do it, the apartment should be replacing the carpet.
@@itsredslife no friends dog did it!
Common sense is to either continuously clean it and spray air fresheners cause for bad cases there is no other way to remove the odor but to rip out the carpet
I rent 4 years with no problems! Gotta show cats where liter box is they all good & clean out piss pile & crap! All good in the cat hut!
@@OscarLopez-gq4he mine never did it on carpet! After 73 years of several cats !
So your solution in this case is to get rid of the carpet and get rid of the pad and then scrub the floor in preparation for new carpet and new pad, correct?
Yes. Sometimes that's the. BEst/cheaper solution
i suppose depends how bad it is, my dog has never gone to that extent. just occasional accident which ive coped with
Flooring underneath has to be sealed
I’m in an apartment so I can’t just rip up the carpet. I HIGHLY saturated the area with a mixture of hot water, Urine Destroyer pet cleaner, Gain detergent, White House brand lavender vinegar, and dawn dish soap. Think this will do anything? Should I suck it up after a little bit with my steam cleaner or let it sit? Like i just filled up two buckets of this shit and dumped it
How did it go?
@@lilymeowington9395 I was wondering the same.
All you doing is spreading the pee when you wet it
Do their dogs EVER pee outside?! Omg!
lmao
I thought the same thing lol
Obviously no doggie door,animals trapped inside. 🤮
Bad owners !
I was wondering the same exact thing...listen, I know that our furbabies can have accidents from time to time, but my gosh, take your damn dog out a couple of times a day. I feel lazy sometimes but I get up or my husband gets up and does it anyway. I'd rather take him out real quick, let him release, then have to deal with this disgusting filthy mess. My thing is right now, I just rescued a beautiful boy 3 days ago, he smelled aweful. Gave him a quick bath as soon as we got him home, but honestly it wasn't a super great bath but it helped a little, so I made him a appointment to get groomed by a professional 😊 this afternoon. Now, for the past 2 days he's been laying on my rugs and stuff and that smell kind of lingers on any fabric so I'm just trying to find a way to get rid of the little bit of doggie smell by the time he comes back home nice & fresh from the groomers....
Hello, we are on a concrete slab floor and will be getting wood floors in a few weeks. I currently have carpet and use natures miracle and a black light on accidents. I still at times smell urine and it drives me nuts and am very sure it's in the padding. There is no sub floor but what would you advise me to do after they take up carpet before laying new flooring? Should i black light the concrete and spray enzymes? Your help is much appreciated!
The best solution is to get rid of old carpet and pad and cover everything with Kilz primer at least 2 or 3 coats.
"I still at times smell urine and it drives me nuts and am very sure it's in the padding."
get rid of the carpet and seal the concrete with epoxy. epoxy is the only thing that can truly kill the stink.
@@jimbeam-ru1my what kind of epoxy thanks
@@boneyardrescue8615 call a flooring supply house in your area and they'll have the right stuff. they don't sell it home depot or lowes
Renters who have pets - this is why some landlords say "No pets" - the cost is very high to throw out all the pad and carpet then hire a company to deep clean the flooring (concrete, etc) underneath. No pet-loving renter is willing to pay the landlord thou$ands of dollars to remove their pet's odors.
And if you're a homeowner with pets and carpet, I dare you to look online, right now, at the cost per square foot of brand new carpet installation. *_I double dare you_*
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so basically jus forget about getting my security deposit back
that's why I'm teaching my young grand children this..whenever you get a cute puppy or cat they ruin your beautiful home just like mine and there aunts..So Do Not get an animal
what concrete sealer do you use
What about hard wood floors? Cracks between?
listen this will sound crazy but my butter knives fit perfectly into the cracks between. i soak a napkin in some cleaner and wrap the butter knife and go in and then when im done, i can see dirt or maybe pee on the wet napkin
Bleach then sand it, refinish
Hey what exact brands of the enzyme cleaners, and primer (water based) are good for before replacing the carpet (& is primer.. sealing?)
Your comment is a month old now so you've probably fixed your issue already, but after researching this ALL day, here's what I've gathered for sealing the subfloor:
1. Use an enzyme cleaner on the pee spots (you can buy any enzyme based cleaner at Lowe's or Home Depot but even just vinegar works great)
Make sure it's as clean as possible.
2. Dry it out completely - it can take a couple days to do this, I would put a fan in the room.
3. Paint the sealant/ primer (I've read KILZ oil-based primer is best, it needs to be oil-based) Make sure the area is well-ventilated because the primer is potent. Use a respirator if you have one. I would do 2 coats.
4. Let it dry, and then you can do your new floor!
I'm currently in the drying process 😅 I hope this helps someone. It sure is a pain in the butt haha
Back on me… back on carpet… ok back on me
Oh I forgot to mention, the smell is from human urine. Can’t get smell out after shampooing. Can you help?
How much does a project like this cost?
What do you wash the concrete with?
I would try mopping with several types of cleaners. First a bleach/water mixture. Then lysol/water mixture. Then maybe vinegar/water mixture? Let the floor dry very well between moppings. Then seal the floor with either Kilz or Zinsser.
Nothing with ammonia then use a deck scrub brush
I'm over landlords trying to make me clean already damaged pee stained stinky 20 year old carpets.
Ugh I’m moving into a new rental and the bedrooms have carpet and the house smells a lot of dog (I have 2 cats). Luckily I can keep the doors closed to the bedrooms to avoid them from adding to the scent. The landlords had just replaced the carpets before the last tenant so they aren’t looking to replace them again anytime soon. They had the carpets steamed cleaned but I can still smell the oder and now I’m unsure on how to take on the deodorizing and cleaning myself.
What should I used to get rid of awful cats smell in the house no carpet just wood
Having wood flooring is actually more expensive because before you lay wood floor their has to be a vapor barrier membrane due to protect moisture seeping from the foundation/subfloor.. Once you get urine on in the cracks of your food floor it's obviously going to go on the vapor padding and great moisture... Now you're looking at replacing wood flooring and vapor barrier 😂
What's really strange is how my neutered male cat would spray and pee on everything - mainly walls and furniture, anything at his "butt level" where he could back up against it, and yes it would trickle down into the carpet. Then I had new carpet installed 4 years ago, and literally from the very moment the install guys left, he NEVER had another incident like that again. Looking back I still wish I would have considered vinyl or wood flooring, but hey...it worked out! 🤪
I bet the previous tenant had a pet that made messes and your cat was trying to mark over it.
Great information, great video. I have an area in my garage that's carpeted and my dog loves to go there. now I know why, carpet will get demoed soon.
Thanks for the great info.
Thank you so much.. You saved me a lot of time and money...
How can anyone afford this everytime your pet uses the potty in the house?
Get floors that last like tile or hardwood
Some people are rich, my parents get new floors every 8-10 years because they get bored with them lol.
@@mustasheolll2020 I just shampoo mine alot.
I wish he asked them if there were ever subfloor extractions done
Hi, even after I sprayed pet spot remover and shampooed the whole room it still has a horrible smell smell. And I still have dried blood in places. The carpet is only 3 months old. Can you help?
What do you use if you have a subfloor with cat pee that what products should you use.
Kilz primer is the best at least 2-3 coats
I’m British so our products are different & services are different . My problem is worse than carpet because the urine has soaked into a porous wooden floor . I’ve been trying to resoak the wood with vinager & bicarb of soda .
Any suggestions from anyone here ?
Thankyou
Maybe they can resend and reseal wood first. Also Ozone treatment is effective for odors. I knew someone that had to take out 2 ft of drywall near trim and replace insulation there too from cat urine
It's probably too late now, but I'd advise against the baking soda and instead suggest orange oil... though it might take a lot of applications if the wood was saturated. Oxalic acid removes stains in wood, but not sure it'd work for the odor.
What name of your company do have one in California
Wow thank you for that eye opener!
It gets in the floorboards and rugs are unsalvageable .
Looks like my carpet. The former tenants had dogs too
why not get tile?
? not everyone can afford to do that. and not everyone can do that if you live in a apartment as well.
So basically if there's pee on the floor, you're screwed.
Oh my goodness. My dog only had one accident because a friend didn't let her out one day. So OMG
Most especially on carpet that has been residually pissed on
It depends on how much
WTF! That carpet needs to be replaced! Disgusting! The cost of this carpet cleaning service - no matter how good he is - will equal or be more than replacing the cheap quality carpet.
Right
Replace the carpet with either wood floor or even better tile. I don’t know why people like carpet that shit gets nasty after 10 or so years. Even if you don’t have pets it smells like stinky feet with wear and tear.
Definitely do not put carpet down on that floor again if they have animals. We got rid of all our carpet and put in amazing waterproof luxury vinyl planks, and it’s the best thing we ever did.
Same price as good carpet and no hassle.
I have a spot in the off set (3x3) where my cats litter box was, unbeknownst to me her urine often missed and hit the wall and run down, but alas, its just that corner (3 x 3 off-set) and I saved some carpet AND I am a Carpet man by trade (well was/Retired) and so is my brother, so in that case I can save my carpet, I had cardboard under the spot, but it ran down the wall. Always get a litter box with a COVER, lol, lesson learned.
After all that why put carpet. I see that I'm putting tile
The only solution is to change the carpet. Get rid of animals
How about TRAIN your pets and don't be an asshole
He's right... the very best way in a nightmare--really stinky urine, etc.... is to tear up the carpet & pad. I've used 1/2 bleach 1/2 water Then give a day or 2 to dry, maybe use fans and crack window a couple inches to get the humidity out, once dry use primer (preferably oil base) to seal up any remaining odor. Then put the new pad and carpet down. Another thing that idk was mentioned in this video is if you have cats... they sometimes will spray urine up the lower walls so there again... clean and repaint your walls... to seal up odor. That should do the trick... you could smell your furniture also... maybe you have to replace that as well etc, etc & your welcome! OH...and if your animals are spraying your carpet you might want to gate them in the kitchen or get a large enough kennel... those metal wired ones are nice. Potty train your animals. If our dog goes pee outside he gets free time... to roam in the living room. Gradually increase the free time as long as they are not having accidents... this takes a watchful eye until they are trained. 24/7
That's the reason why I won't have any pets in the househouse.
Who lets their carpets get that filthy and stained?
So it takes over 5 minutes to tell us to replace carpet after you scrub the floor, oh well.
It was a fabulous explanation.
There is no doubt: Throw it all out
Maybe they don’t have the money
Ill never own another male cat again if our house has carpet.. he has destroyed our house. Our own bedroom wreaks so bad i wont even sleep in there anymore.
can you pull the carpet back and use a good ozone generator and a strong fan and shoot it under the carpet
if you want pets in the house live in a log cabin with a dirt floor !
I just moved into a new rental and the house stinks so bad on cat piss! If the real estate doesn't fix this? I'll be screwed! Cheers from Australia
Great video ! Thank you.
Change the carpet and crate that damn dog. No free range until trained.
Or stay outside until bedtime period. Residual dog urine is bad for our frikkin health and smells Horrible. Urine,chemical cleaner, urine, chemical cleaning pattern is horrible.
I service a lot of apartments and they think there's always a solution to pet urine oh just clean it
I would never even attempt to clean that..gross just the thought of sitting on that carpet..disgusting
With the amount of $ they’re spending on difference companies they might as well replace the carpet
Just can never understand why landlords who accept pets allow small dogs and cats.. biggest offenders of peee.
I lived in an apartment that wreaked and the landlord said they "shampooed the carpets" .. shampoo?
Had to break the lease, I'm allergic to cats and the closet wreaked.
If they have the same dogs and cat...the problem isn't solved.
Step one, train your pet. Step two train your pet. Step three, if steps one and two are unsuccessful, get off your ass and buy pads for your pet and/or kennel your pet. If all three steps are unsuccessful, admit to yourself you should not have a pet. The example shown happened over many many weeks and months. That’s an unhealthy situation for both the pet and the owner.
Amazing Video, thanks!
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Odor removal? No tips, No hints, No clues.
At least the camera was “back to (him)”.
Well that sucks I can’t afford a new carpet
That was a mouth full of a job description
Yea, he recorded this for the owners and did an after thought and stated I could put this on UA-cam and have people watch this, make a little extra change(💰) for myself. Two jobs, doing one day of work. Happy me😄
You need a good enzyme in that situation osr is the best product to use in that situation no pulling carpet or pad treat in place it will cure it guarenteed
RIP up the carpets and pad,throw down cat litter and leave it for 24-48 hours,sweep up cat litter and mop hardwood floors with bleach water let dry and stain floor and varnish lighty.
Wow! That was real bad everywhere.
Great job , i hate the smell of pet urine . I use kirby remover works awesome
My husky peed on my leather couch what do I do
Throw it out no help 4 it& get rid of pet as well
I banned my cat from my room
If i only have 1spot about 2ft wide can i cover with a thick plastic and throw a big area rug on top??
Do not do that
what can I use on furniture for cat urine
I amount of carpet cleaning can get rid of pet odor from urine, especially cat. Just get new carpet!! Trust me!
Looks more like an animal discipline problem rather than professional carpet service problem.
I got rid of all of my carpet and laid down vinyl. End of peed on carpet.
That was a nasty house.
We have 3 cats and one dog, the cats have ruined my kids carpet and I've tried everything and nothing worked. My husband ordered this today so this afternoon I'll give it a try and pray it works.
"I'll give it a try and pray it works."
don't bother. it won't. you have to get rid of the little assholes using your home as a toilet or resign yourself to living in filth. Those are your two options.
that carpet had a mild problem compared to the carpet I just pulled out of a house. They had a rat dog pissing on the carpet at will for the last 15 years. The acid in the urine had completely destroyed the particle board underlayment, turning it into stinky sawdust. In the thousands of homes I've seen, it was by far the worst (because the problem was everywhere as opposed to just one area). However, the owners were so lazy that they never bothered to try to get rid of the stink and because of that, it didn't stink nearly as bad as it does when people try to use deodorizers to kill the stink. Deodorizers do nothing but magnify the problem.
Not just pets trashing floors, i have a toddler problem 😂😢
I implore you to soak the carpet with hydrogen peroxide. Let it sit for ~7 minutes and use a strong wet vac to suck the fluids out.
I wish I could get hubs to agree to snip our intact male. It doesn't mater how many times or he goes while we're outside, he still does it.
we have females that are fixed. Its a parsons terrier. She has destroyed at least 3 sets of carpets in 2 different houses. Good thing we love her or she would of been gone a long time ago.
Great! Meanwhile THOUSANDS of dollars later. Thanks for telling it like it is....which is something I was afraid of. We have way too many cats and thus, the ammonia odor is keeping us from having guests at our house. Yes, we are fostering them for adoption, so hopefully we can rip up the carpet AND padding once THAT happens. Gotta take out a loan though....hmmm..
No you don't, I'm a professional carpet cleaner. This option is just the "surefire" 100% elimination guaranteed service. Get yourself some enzymes and saturate the shizz out of your carpets mate. Let me know what country you're in and I'll recommend one. Should cost about $60-$200.
@@neildepressedtyson540 America. I tried using baking soda and vinegar...soaked for SEVERAL days, THEN shampooed with a Kirby using a combo of their shampoo with Purple Power, still nothing! I'm soooo frustrated. You'd think by now someone would make a carpet cleaner that you just pour on your carpet let it sit 24 hrs, vacuum and DONE! I haven't found that yet, but when I DO, I'm gonna buy them out!! Thanks for the advice! I shop on e-bay, so maybe I can find something on there.
@@barryallenflash1 they literally have those products mate, baking soda and vinegar doesn't do anything on carpets. Fire away whatever questions you've got, I'll answer them-- but what you're describing literally does exist
@@neildepressedtyson540 So, I found a company on e-bay that sells an enzyme based cleaner that is dormant until you use it. It's activated once it has "food", ie urine, poop, etc. What are your thoughts on that? It makes sense to me. If the enzymes are ALREADY active, they will die out by the time you're ready to use it.
What are the names of those products?@@neildepressedtyson540
put in top soil plant corn
Please remember to kill all 3 animals before putting down new carpet! LOL
TMF unchained is a fabulous pet product. Water claw flush extraction.
So basically the real solution is to replace the carpet lol. That’s lame. What happens when the animals keep peeing on the new carpet? Just gotta get new carpet all the time? Fuck that.
Only way to get rid of cat urine is to get rid of the cats sell them to a Chinese guy at a restaurant
Oh my goodness!
Well, I guess were all screwed now. Have your dogs wear a diaper I guess. I got carpet that had the rubber backing thinking that would help. I guess not.
Remove the carpet 😮
Thank you for posting this. Informative and helpful.
Long story short
> get r4ped on the campus I live on
> don’t attend here
> when I report it to police they said they can’t do anything if I don’t remember what happened
> I go into deep depression
> This is pre covid
> covid hits
> I’m entirely deaf on one ear
> maneuver thru world by reading lips
> hard to maintain steady job, some Employers Weren’t understanding or patient with me
> I don’t hold it against them that they had to Let me go, I made enough mistakes from miscommunication issues with customers and coworkers that it affected business
> can’t hold steady job but I stay afloat
> get two cats thru foster program.
> they’re kittens. Once they got to certain age they would have helped with fixing them
> program shuts down because of covid/lack of funding
> stuck with two kittens
> they grow up and breed
> end up with 2 cats and 7 kittens in studio apartment
> covid gets harder and I’m having a hard time staying afloat
> still dealing with the r4pe PTSD
> essentially just work dead end jobs that don’t respect me
> isolate myself
> I love the cats but they’re also the source of my physical, mental and financial strain
> they keep me alive because I don’t like the idea of my friends finding me eaten by them after self un Aliving
> I start to get overwhelmed and paralyzed stop eating, taking care of myself and my cats, apartment
> finally landlord knocks on my Door wondering why the smell is so bad
> able to stall her
> with help of friend I surrender kittens to humane society
> male cat gets fixed
> life starts to get better, find better employment that is supportive of my needs as semi disabled person
> get friends again
> go thru counseling and support groups
> in supportive relationship now who understands my background
> they get apartment because they want me to eventually move in with them
> oh heck I need to fix apartment
> in process of fixing apartment
> understand it’s a long road ahead but taught me a lesson on responsible pet owning and learning to ask for help before things get horrible and snowball.
Thanks for posting.
Really glad you’re still here and I’m glad things are looking up a bit for you.
I read half of this 😩
Everyone falls before they rise up. Keep going! You're worth it!
❤keep going praying for you never give up