House Reeks of Cat Urine

[Dave]

Why do you want to live in squalor??? I wouldn't live in a dump like that
even if it were free!!

"Stephanie" <Stephanie9000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Philip E. Davis" <dirigo@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:R4O8c.5625$b_2.33@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
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> > Try these links for ordor control and abatement:
> >
> > http://www.orisonmarketing.com/cleaners/ExpelON/expelon.html
> >
> > http://www.ggbean.com/index.asp
> >
> > These are a much better idea than bleach...
> >
> > Good Luck,
> >
> > Phil
>
>
> thank you Phil. I have bookmarked these sites.
>
> >
>
>

[Nan]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:29:52 -0500, "Stephanie"
<Stephanie9000@hotmail.com> wrote:

>The house is big-time "dump" (filthy, jagged, creaking floors and filthy
>walls; poor electrical; debris all over the outside; no door locks, out of
>code, leaking radiators, fire hazards, etc.), but it's actually a great
>deal: 2 stories of a house (9 rooms--including two kitchens--and 2 full
>baths) for only $560 a month. I desperately need the space, since I have a
>growing home-based business.

I don't know that I'd want to project such a shabby place for a
growing business, though. Good deal or no. I never return to
businesses that appear or smell ;-) bad.

>the smell has gone done quite a bit (only 10% as strong as it originally
>was), but it still smells. I think bleach will do the trick (keep my fingers
>crossed).

Good luck, I do hope it works out.

Nan

[jim]

Stephanie wrote:
>
> Hi, I am moving in to a new house. For a year, feral cats had free access to
> the house, and used one room as a latrine (the upstairs tenant let them in
> and out). The urine had caked up to one inch thick in some places, and
> turned to a mold-like caked urine matter. It damaged the wood flooring, and
> the wood was wet for a long time. The house reeked to such an extent that it
> was the worse smell ever. Like someone had died there. I wanted to vomit.
> After leaving, the odor stayed on my clothes indefinitely until washed.
>
> The landlord cleaned the urine-mold off, and used lemon cleaner, but the
> house still smells. Not as bad, but I still smell urine on my clothes when I
> leave the house.
>
> This is what I am thinking of doing:
>
> Inundating/flooding the house with pure bleach. I mean everywhere! I bought
> 8 gallons the other day. Wall, floors, ceilings, windows, cabinets, etc.
> Should I dilute the bleach? I'd rather breathe bleach than urine anyday. The
> walls are white, and the floors are junk (jagged exposed aging wood
> planks--like living in a barn!!), so I pretty much don't care about damage.
> Will bleach damage the color by the way?
>
> Also, the landlord has hundreds of empty cat food cans (unwashed) in the
> basement, which smell. Will this odor rise into my first floor apartment?
>
> Thanks!
find another place to live.. its the only answer.. if the landlord wants
to live that way well let him/her have it.... tell them that you cannot
take the odor.. they should not expect you to take the apartment.. call
the board of health in your area and report the landlord....

[Momzilla]

"Stephanie" <Stephanie9000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Momzilla" <dada_yadaREMOVE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > I think this is a job for the Health Department. Why are your moving
> here?
> >
> >
>
> Well, it's actually a good deal. For only $560 a month, I get two floors
of
> a house with 9 rooms, including 2 kitchens and 2 full baths! I need the
> space for a growing home business. The smell now is not too bad (only 10%
of
> what it was originally) but I still need to get it out.
>
>

Okay. I just bought a house in foreclosure and the previous owner put out
14 cats when they moved. All the carpets up stairs were soaked with cat
whiz. We pulled out the carpet and luckily the installers had used good
padding. Urine had soaked through to the subfloor in only a few spots. I
soaked these spots with a diluted bleach solution of about 50/50. After I
sprayed the spots.. I remembered basic chemistry. Urine is ammonia... bleach
and ammonia are a toxic mix... RUN! I left the house for a day. When I
came back the smell was gone... or I'd lost my sense of smell.
The painters primed with Kilz and we had new hardwood installed. Now we are
moving into a beautiful home.
So to summarize... Mask, spray bottle of diluted bleach, old clothes, spray
your way out the door come back the next day , open all windows, scrub
everything then prime with Kilz.

Now for the big question! Why am I hanging around Usenet when I'm in the
middle of a move? I gotta go.
Good Luck.
-nancy-

[xymergy@suds.com]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:03:57 GMT, "Oscar_Lives" <nospam@nospam.net>
wrote:
>
>You are a stupid bitch.

Look, people are entitled to make their own decisions and pay whatever
price they choose, as long as they harm no one else. The OP isn't
hurting anyone else with this situation, so just respect her choice
and focus your energies on your own life.

[davefr]

What is so important that you'll resort to living in filth?? Why do
you need all this space. (Met lab???)

At first I thought you were a troll but now I think you're serious.

For the time and expense you'll expend fixing this "dive", (not to
mention the future health risk), why don't you keep looking for
something better. Are you really this far into being "trailer trash"?

I'm curious.



On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:29:52 -0500, "Stephanie"
<Stephanie9000@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Tony Hwang" <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>news:agM8c.3849$R27.3615@pd7tw2no...
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>> Hi,
>> I'll just move away from there.
>> Isn't that an option?
>> Tony
>
>you and Dave are funny. :)
>
>The house is big-time "dump" (filthy, jagged, creaking floors and filthy
>walls; poor electrical; debris all over the outside; no door locks, out of
>code, leaking radiators, fire hazards, etc.), but it's actually a great
>deal: 2 stories of a house (9 rooms--including two kitchens--and 2 full
>baths) for only $560 a month. I desperately need the space, since I have a
>growing home-based business.
>
>the smell has gone done quite a bit (only 10% as strong as it originally
>was), but it still smells. I think bleach will do the trick (keep my fingers
>crossed).
>

[rosie]

"Stephanie" <Stephanie9000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am moving in to a new house.

WHY?

[rosie]

>
> the smell has gone done quite a bit (only 10% as strong as it
originally
> was), but it still smells. I think bleach will do the trick (keep
my fingers
> crossed).
>
>

the first HUMID day, it will be back..........................