First find OdoBan and really clean the carpet that is down. Use 2-3 times
the strength recommended. When you do take the carpet up, do the same to
the concrete. This stuff will take the odor out of anything. Someone threw
a dead ?????? in my trash can that stayed there, in water, for several
weeks. Couldn't even figure out what the poor animal was by the time I
discovered it. I poured a lot of this stuff into the can and it handled the
smell. It handles the smell of an angry cat spraying too. It is that good.
I know you can get it at Sam's Club. I don't know about other places but it
is on the internet.
Second consider using a sealed ceramic tile over electric radiant heat.
That was not an option for me at one point so I painted the concrete. With
a couple of washable throw rugs it did nicely. You can do any type of
design you like. But stay away from carpet. When you take it up you will
find out how nasty it is. The padding turns to dust.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: "wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:38 AM
Subject: OT: help-removing carpet due to kitty urine
Hi guys,
Well, my husband and I have finally decided to remove
the carpet in the living room, hallway, and "kitty
room" due to them urinating on it. It has gotten so
bad that it actually is showing stains, which usually
only comes after MULTIPLE instances of urinating on
it. The house does not smell good and we are
embarrassed to have anyone over right now. Mainly the
problem is due to our 17 yr. old kitty who has
hyperthyroidism, and was never an inside cat until 2
years ago. We are looking into faux wood laminate
flooring, which looks like it will cost around $3000
installed through Lowe's. I haven't priced Home Depot
or any of the local floor stores yet, so hopefully, we
can get a much better deal than that. After we remove
the carpet and before the new flooring goes down,
we're going to seal the concrete floors, since
concrete is porous and the kittys will still be able
to smell the urine even after the new floors are
installed if we don't seal them. I am having to talk
my husband into this type of flooring, because he
wants tile, but I don't want it because it's cold on
my feet and just 'cold' looking. I'd rather have
carpet, but we're not going to go there again. Does
anyone here have any advice, suggestions, etc.
regarding this new excursion we're about to embark on?
Has anyone had the same problems? Did you change
your flooring out? How has that worked? Is there a
particular flooring that does best if exposed to kitty
urine? Any ideas on keeping the kitties from going on
the new flooring?
Thanks so much!
:)
Wendy
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