I am going to a house tonight to remove the carpet and padding that has about 20 dog urine spots on it.
Dog urine on carpet subfloor.
We are removing carpet and replacing with laminate in the next few days.
The urine can stain carpet and soak down to the wood subflooring.
It really stinks and has soaked through to the sub floor plywood.
I think the subfloor is fine but want to 100 make sure we don t have urine odors.
Lingering odors and stains permeate the room and are impossible to hide.
Cats and dogs urinate on carpeting and floors for a variety of reasons.
You may be able to remove dog or cat urine that has soaked into the wood but some situations may require replacement of the subfloor.
Let that sit for 30 minutes or so and soak again.
This product can penetrate beyond your carpet tile and wood flooring.
Then turn the carpet over and pull the solution through the carpet side with a carpet vacuum.
You were right to replace the carpet and pad but urine soaked through the old carpet and pad and into the wooden subfloor.
Using paper towels or a rag absorb as much of the urine as possible.
I also used urine destroyer on the subfloor but after several.
Pour water over the area and dry it again using paper towels stop only when the towels are not soaking up yellowish stains.
Here is an easy way to completely clean dog urine and remove the smell.
Removing urine from subfloors takes elbow grease but the reward is a better smelling more sanitary home and a well behaved pet.
When pet urine dries it forms crystals that produce a stench.
I am going to remove it all and put down new carpet tile for them.
When pets urinate on carpeting or other flooring it sometimes leaks down through the carpeting and padding into the wooden subfloor.
8 oz to 2 gallons hot water.
When not cleaned up immediately pet urine stains and odors can seep below your flooring surface and into the subfloor.
Apply a subfloor sealer.
Any all purpose oil or water based stain blocking primer will work especially if you apply two or three coats.
Old stains can often be treated with dog urine remover such as an enzyme cleaner.
The best floor sealer for pet urine is a stain blocking primer such as kilz 3 premium interior exterior primer which not only blocks stains and odors but also contains a mildewcide.
Deep set stains and spots that have been defiled by your pet repeatedly might require you to remove some flooring and attack the spot beneath.
If this happens unpleasant odors from the subflooring will permeate throughout your home.
We have a 5 pound dog who has had accidents over the years.