OT - ridding pet odors

Anonymous-0 · May 25, 2011

I have a rental house on a farm. My previous renters had a couple of dogs. I have a urine odor in a stairway, hallway, and maybe one bedroom. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to get rid of this odor? I have thought of wetting the carpet with water and vinegar using a watering can. Then suck up the liquids with a shop vac. Possibily follow that up with water and bleach which does not hurt colors. Internet says vinegar and bleach work. A rug doctor has already been used. Need to bring out the big guns now. Any ideas. Thank you.

RayP(MI) · May 25, 2011

Can you borrow an ozone generator form a car daeler that uses one to deodorize used cars for resale?

omahagreg · May 25, 2011

I had to deal with that for a customer, in her rental property-except it was cat pee. We finally had to remove the carpet, sand the wood down, and seal it with polyurethane. There was NOTHING else that would even touch that smell!

bo · May 25, 2011

Try Odoban....My wife seems to like it. Buy it most places.

glennster · May 25, 2011

see if you have a janitorial suppy store in your area. they have a commercial pet stain and odor eliminator.

Goose · May 25, 2011

Tear out the carpet, clean up the mess underneath it (there WILL be a mess underneath it) and start over.

That's why I have a "No Pets" policy that is rigidly enforced, and a clause in the lease that states if a pet is found on the premises the lease is automatically done and the tenants will be asked to leave after restoring the premises to the condition prior to their moving in, including removing odors.

Couple of weeks ago, I was interviewing a possible renter. Everything looked great until he casually mentioned he had two hunting dogs he occasionally let in the house in the evening. The conversation ended right there.

"Occasionally let in the house in the evening"? Gimme a break! I was probably born at night, but not LAST night.

slim · May 26, 2011

I was able to save some carpet that was on a slab but it took a little while. First I shampooed the carpet with a pet odor shampoo. Then I rolled the carpet back and tore out the pad. Then I bleached the slab, let it dry and sealed it. Then put in new pad and replaced carpet. Then I shampooed it with a pet odor shampoo again. After it dried I swept in baking soda and left for a while, then vacuumed and shampooed again. After drying for a few days it's ok. But the carpet in that spot is lighter in color than the rest even after shampooing it all.

slim

buickanddeere · May 26, 2011

Remove carpet, remove underlay & replace plywood.

Mike (WA) · May 26, 2011

There is a chemical (enzyme, actually) treatment at chemical or cleaning supply stores. It really does work- on house that had 4 big, incontinent old dogs that we bought at foreclosure sale. It made your eyes water before a couple of treatments, no sign of the odor afterward. Of course, carpet and pad have to go.

Biggest problem on that deal was that when we looked at it after buying, the back yard had tall grass- gal said "You probably don't want to go out there- lots of dog poop." And in addition, hidden by the grass, were the holes where they dug up the septic and drainfield, which had failed. There's another 8 grand "down the drain" (pun intended). We barely got out with our skins on that deal.

OT - ridding pet odors

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