Completely Removing Cat Odor, Possible?

[nospam@nospam.com]

I'm looking to buy this cat lover's house. The house is full of cat
hair and cat urine smell that I plan to replace all the carpet covered
area with new carpet or hardwood.

Yet, I'm afraid that cat urine has penetrate through the capet and
underlay to the floor board. AFAIK, the owner has been living in this
house for the last ten years, probably having the cat(s) with him the
same amount of time. And apparantly, he's pretty messy that I suspect
he didn't even attemp to clean up the areas where the cat urinated on.

So is it possible to get this house odor free again with new carpet?
Thanks.

[ameijers]

<nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking to buy this cat lover's house. The house is full of cat
> hair and cat urine smell that I plan to replace all the carpet covered
> area with new carpet or hardwood.
>
> Yet, I'm afraid that cat urine has penetrate through the capet and
> underlay to the floor board. AFAIK, the owner has been living in this
> house for the last ten years, probably having the cat(s) with him the
> same amount of time. And apparantly, he's pretty messy that I suspect
> he didn't even attemp to clean up the areas where the cat urinated on.
>
> So is it possible to get this house odor free again with new carpet?
> Thanks.

In a word, NO. Carpet alone won't cut it, if it is in to the wood. Count on
replacing subfloor as well. There are products that help reduce the smell,
and people will jump in here swearing by them, but it has been my experience
that the first damp day, the smell will be back. And don't forget that if he
had a tomcat, the bottom few feet of drywall is also probably contaminated.
(It only takes a few drops.) I love cats, but I'm allergic to them, and when
I walk into wherever the catbox is when I visit people, I about gag. They
honestly don't even notice the stench. I'd never consider buying a former
cat house.

'Cleansing fire' comes to mind....

aem sends...

[Phisherman]

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 01:34:05 GMT, nospam@nospam.com wrote:

>I'm looking to buy this cat lover's house. The house is full of cat
>hair and cat urine smell that I plan to replace all the carpet covered
>area with new carpet or hardwood.
>
>Yet, I'm afraid that cat urine has penetrate through the capet and
>underlay to the floor board. AFAIK, the owner has been living in this
>house for the last ten years, probably having the cat(s) with him the
>same amount of time. And apparantly, he's pretty messy that I suspect
>he didn't even attemp to clean up the areas where the cat urinated on.
>
>So is it possible to get this house odor free again with new carpet?
>Thanks.


No. Best to skip homes that have a musty, urine, or cigarette odor.

[Bill]

nospam@nospam.com wrote:
> I'm looking to buy this cat lover's house. The house is full of cat
> hair and cat urine smell that I plan to replace all the carpet covered
> area with new carpet or hardwood.
>
> Yet, I'm afraid that cat urine has penetrate through the capet and
> underlay to the floor board. AFAIK, the owner has been living in this
> house for the last ten years, probably having the cat(s) with him the
> same amount of time. And apparantly, he's pretty messy that I suspect
> he didn't even attemp to clean up the areas where the cat urinated on.
>
> So is it possible to get this house odor free again with new carpet?
> Thanks.
I don't promise anything, but my sister tells me that
you can clear a lot of odors out of a house by toasting
a marsmallow over the kitchen cook top. She found out
when her husband experimented with marshmallows in the
microwave. Before that they had a problem with the odor
of the skunk that moved in under their house. After
that the odor was gone. So, they tried the toasting
method instead of the microwave method and supposedly it
works.

And of course it is cheap.

Bill Gill

[P.DINDORF]

I'm not trying to advertise but "" you get it at sams club "odor ban"
you have to keep it drenched for at least 10 min. and it works even on
diseases... check the label out... I take care of an elderly man and if I
don't use it in my wash I have to wash his clothes 4 times.. how do I know
I ran out!!!!!!!!!!


I had a brand new convertible and I took out one of the seats and had it in
garage.. and a cat not mine peed on it all fall winter etc.. and I wet
the seat and poured it on and left it on and then tried to rinse it out
and guess what to my amazement its gone


showerbeatle




"Bill" <gillw@swbell.net> wrote in message
news:06MPc.1815$XS6.626@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com ...
> nospam@nospam.com wrote:
> > I'm looking to buy this cat lover's house. The house is full of cat
> > hair and cat urine smell that I plan to replace all the carpet covered
> > area with new carpet or hardwood.
> >
> > Yet, I'm afraid that cat urine has penetrate through the capet and
> > underlay to the floor board. AFAIK, the owner has been living in this
> > house for the last ten years, probably having the cat(s) with him the
> > same amount of time. And apparantly, he's pretty messy that I suspect
> > he didn't even attemp to clean up the areas where the cat urinated on.
> >
> > So is it possible to get this house odor free again with new carpet?
> > Thanks.
> I don't promise anything, but my sister tells me that
> you can clear a lot of odors out of a house by toasting
> a marsmallow over the kitchen cook top. She found out
> when her husband experimented with marshmallows in the
> microwave. Before that they had a problem with the odor
> of the skunk that moved in under their house. After
> that the odor was gone. So, they tried the toasting
> method instead of the microwave method and supposedly it
> works.
>
> And of course it is cheap.
>
> Bill Gill
>

[Kath]

<nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:l3qtg01frbbmf5135b090jm4au7jeqeqrt@4ax.com...
> I'm looking to buy this cat lover's house. The house is full of cat
> hair and cat urine smell that I plan to replace all the carpet covered
> area with new carpet or hardwood.
>
> Yet, I'm afraid that cat urine has penetrate through the capet and
> underlay to the floor board. [snip]>
> So is it possible to get this house odor free again with new carpet?

Remove all the old carpet and the padding. Cover the bare floor with
generous amounts of baking soda. Install new pad and carpet.

[Jonny R]

"ameijers" <aemeijers@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<KhEPc.167628$OB3.40583@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>...
> <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:l3qtg01frbbmf5135b090jm4au7jeqeqrt@4ax.com...
> > I'm looking to buy this cat lover's house. The house is full of cat
> > hair and cat urine smell that I plan to replace all the carpet covered
> > area with new carpet or hardwood.
> >
> > Yet, I'm afraid that cat urine has penetrate through the capet and
> > underlay to the floor board. AFAIK, the owner has been living in this
> > house for the last ten years, probably having the cat(s) with him the
> > same amount of time. And apparantly, he's pretty messy that I suspect
> > he didn't even attemp to clean up the areas where the cat urinated on.
> >
> > So is it possible to get this house odor free again with new carpet?
> > Thanks.
>
> In a word, NO. Carpet alone won't cut it, if it is in to the wood. Count on
> replacing subfloor as well. There are products that help reduce the smell,
> and people will jump in here swearing by them, but it has been my experience
> that the first damp day, the smell will be back. And don't forget that if he
> had a tomcat, the bottom few feet of drywall is also probably contaminated.
> (It only takes a few drops.) I love cats, but I'm allergic to them, and when
> I walk into wherever the catbox is when I visit people, I about gag. They
> honestly don't even notice the stench. I'd never consider buying a former
> cat house.


That's too bad (how you won't buy a house that previously had a cat).
It must limit the number of potential houses that you can buy because:

"In 1987, cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America (about
50 million cats resided in 24 million homes in 1986). About 37% of
American homes today have at least 1 cat."

http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm

That means that if you are looking at a house that already had 2
previous owners, odds are greater than 50% that it had a cat. After 3
owners it probably had a cat.

I wouldn't buy a house that smelled like cat urine, but I would
definitely not refuse to buy a house simply because the previous
owners had a cat.

[smithfarms pure kona]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:16:17 -0500, "P.DINDORF"
<careathome@iowaone.net> wrote:

>
>
>I'm not trying to advertise but "" you get it at sams club
"odor ban"
>you have to keep it drenched for at least 10 min. and it works even
on
>diseases... check the label out... I take care of an elderly man
and if I
>don't use it in my wash I have to wash his clothes 4 times.. how do
I know
>I ran out!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>I had a brand new convertible and I took out one of the seats and had
it in
>garage.. and a cat not mine peed on it all fall winter etc.. and
I wet
>the seat and poured it on and left it on and then tried to rinse it
out
>and guess what to my amazement its gone
>
>
>showerbeatle
yes you can totally eliminate cat urine odor. If you go to the Pet
Store and talk to the people and buy an enzyme based solution, follow
the directions to the T, the entire odor will be eliminated. I used a
product called Nature's Miracles but someone said they have recently
re-named it. I had 2 kittens who loved a couch and did all their
business there. I thought I would have to throw it out but I drenched
that couch in Nature's Miracles and it un believably cleared up all
the smell.

The enzymes apparently eat the odor causing bacteria. It makes
scientific sense too.

with aloha,
Thunder


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