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Agent J asked in PetsCats · 1 decade ago

My house smells like Cat Pee when it rains b/c the lady we bought it from is one of "those" people.?

We had the floors replaced and wanted them to replace the sub-floors too, but the installer said that he'd cover it with Kilz and it would be just as good. But you know what? It's not. The old subfloors are still there and the Kilz didn't mask the smell. My wife says the dining room smells like a litter box every time it rains.

What can we do at this point to actually eliminate the smell, short of ripping up the floor and replacing it all again?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You first need to find where the stink is coming from. Males spray walls. If they got upstairs, the urine can leak down the walls.

    I would consult an odor removal specialist. Mold, flood or fire cleaners.

    I would guess, everything in the house has absorbed the smell.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    If rainy days are activating the smell then you may have a leak somewhere, and what you are smelling could be mold, or as you suspect urine. Next time it rains you need to get up in the attic, with a flashlight, and search for any wet spots. It is not uncommon for a roof leak to run down into a wall, where it would be undetectable inside the house, except for the musty odor.

    If the odor is indeed old cat urine, and it is getting reactivated by a leak, you gotta find the exact location to deal with it. Invest in a odor removing chemical that has active enzymes, and completely drench the stinky spot. This stuff isn't cheap, but it works well. If you go to the pet store and ask for "enzyme cleaner", they should know what you are talking about and point you in the right direction.

  • Ocimom
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Hubby says that Kilz probably covered it on the wood floor, however, you may need to put Kilz on the walls and baseboard (if that was not replaced and fixed). I would redo the baseboard and walls and see if that cures it.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    in case you have a storage and your cat is able to benefit get entry to to it each and every of the time, i could advise putting the clutter field there. The scent will never attain something of your place. in case you won't be able to try this, then i could advise putting the field interior the furthest room faraway from the dwelling room. you ought to scrub the clutter field out as much as you are able to to maintain the smells from accumulating. as quickly as I had my kittens i could not positioned their field interior the storage till they have been given older so I had to maintain their field interior the visitor mattress room. The scent have been given rather undesirable interior the room, so i could positioned 2 candles on the two sides of the room and saved them lit for many of the day which took away the scent thoroughly. Incense additionally artwork rather nicely. i could sparkling their field out two times an afternoon on the grounds that there have been 2 of them and thoroughly swap out the clutter with new clutter two times each and every week. if your cat is peeing exterior of his field and you will verify the place he did it, then use vinegar instantaneous he peed on. It takes rather of time, even if it rather is going to at last do away with the scent thoroughly. yet whilst it rather is only the field it rather is stinking up your place, then retaining the field as sparkling as you are able to will help ward off the scent from getting overwhelming. only shop some homestead windows open once you are able to and get some clean air circulating interior the direction of the homestead and lightweight some scented candles from time to time and you are going to be ok.

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  • AddieD
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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