Need advice please, how do you get dog urine smell out of a unit. We have painted walls, ceilings, pulled up flooring and quarter round and tac strip and sealed floors with kilz, put down new vinyl. Ran air deodorizer in unit overnight last night. Running ozone machine in tonight. Still smell it! Help please!
2 years 4 months ago - 2 years 4 months ago#61772by Elaine Bishop
If there was any urine behind the baseboards you may need to do a flood cut. We had this happen once and the urine had went behind the baseboards and the drywall absorbed it. It wasn't until we did the flood cut that it went away.
Sometimes you need to locate where the urine is. Ive had to pull and replace tack strip where urine has soaked in. Another thing weve had to do is cut out the drywall where the concentration of urine is. Like cat spray etc. Weve even had to replace doors etc because the doors and bifold doors soak the smell in the wood. Then after all that is done the entire unit needs scrubbed down top to bottom, possibly including replacing linno and carpet as that holds the smell. Then u can try an ozone
Elaine Bishop the smell must be coming feom somewhere else. Maybe a section of drywall that needs to be cut out. We even had where the 2 x 4 wall plate was soaked in urine along with tje front door to the apartment the cat sprayed. We had to replace the entire front door.
Ron Carmean yep, I have had to do that as well as replace cabinets due to a lady living in a unit with like 20 cats. How mgmt allowed that, I have no idea. I got there after the lady had moved out. It was horrible.
Our pest control company had a machine that we ran in an apartment for several days. It isn't an ozone machine. I was told these machines are used in some compactor areas.
2 years 4 months ago#61799by Celena Montantes - Mayo
Elaine Bishop We used that and had to replace floorboards and everything, even then it was tough, after a few months it all went away but it was a while. I would enter the unit and the urine smell would stay like, in my nose for days. I am sorry you are having to deal with that.
Oh man, oh no. Replace the tack strips, put scent additive in the paint and ozone. I've been in a condemned unit like this but it wasn't from pet urine
RestorAir machine is the answer. Run for 29 hours with the AC fan set to on. If the smell isn’t gone, it will be isolated to whatever the source is. Remedy the source and run another 24 hours. You’ll be good to go from there.
Nature's Miracle Urine Destroyer. Get the gallon jugs with a battery powered sprayer and spray everything. I had to do that at my house when I moved in. It had soaked into the concrete basement floor. I soaked it with Nature's Miracle and let it sit overnight. Did it again. Spread vinegar all over it and let it dry. Then used Kilz stuff that seals in floor. Not all Kilz is created equal. It's really strong smelly stuff, not like the Latex. After that it has been okay. On wood floor I just used Nature's Miracle and then Kilz sealer. That worked for me and the smell was very strong when I first moved in.
Elaine Bishop Nature's Miracle is in any pet store and I got Kilz at Hime Depot. You can probably get it on Amazon as well. They have different formulas. Urine Destroyer is the strong one for urine smells.
Yikes. You have done everything’s I would have recommended. If you haven’t. Try changing the filter and run the ac a bit to circulate the air then change the filter again. You may need addition Kilz on the floor (extra coats).
Don’t forget to hit your ac ducts and coils, fridge, stove, washer/dryer- anything really. Everything needs to be cleaned. Pet urine can be just as bad as smoke.
Kilz will not get the smell out you need to have a carpet company seal the floor with a special chemical just for pets it will neutralize the odor you will need an Ozone machine for at least 48 hours. Then you go get coffee beans put them through the unit as they will help absorb the smell I would get a product called angry Orange you can by on Amazon this product is awesome. It will take you at least 14 days
Probably in the baseboards and drywall. I have had units that had to be cut half way up the sheetrock and patch and replace baseboards. Also, Odoban soaking by the gallon before sealing concrete.
There is some stuff you can buy at Home Depot and as a property management company owner, asset manager and precious regional this stuff has never let me down. I have lost the name of it but if you go in and ask they can take you right to it. You can’t pit on carpet as you have to basically roll it in like paint however it is clear. It works
Shannon Gee bleach and pee will cause an chemical reaction that is deadly. It’s very dangerous. It makes chloramine gas. Please be careful when bleaching urine which is ammonia.
All of that did not happen in a few accidents. Report the owners to your county animal control for them to do a welfare check on the dog at whatever forwarding address they gave you. The owner clearly is not allowing the dog outside to relieve itself, and no animal should be forced to live in it’s own excrement! People should not own pets if they are going to abuse them. Sad.
We had to cut dry wall and seal wall studs as it had seeped up into them, we replaced all closet doors and cleaned all tracks or replaced them, new trim, cleaned vents, any surface a dog could pee on was treated including cabinets. We almost stripped it to bare bones
I read the comments. We had a dog....Urine heavy Urine smell...best thing ever is a sealant that any paint company, lowes, home depot sales. We did not pull up anything and we did not cut out drywall as many comments suggested (we tried the sealant first before doing that) on the walls and floor. It is very expensive for just a gallon..we needed a 5 gallon bucket. This was in 2017 and cost was $200 plus back then. IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED! We then painted the walls and replaced the padding and carpet and the smell completely gone! Unbelievable but it worked! FYI before that we spent a lot of $$$ wasting our time on things that worked for a day or so. This lasted and really worked! Sorry i do not remember the name but if you go to tge stores mentioned, they will know. Do not buy tge cheap products...Good luck...
Also did you replace the baseboards? Dogs usually pee at the base of the wall so the drywall and baseboards get soaked with urine, painting over it doesnt cure that.
It's likely seeped through to the subfloor. Pull up all flooring and see if the subfloor is stained - if so, remove it. Covering with deodorizers and kilz will never get rid of the smell.
We recently had this and $30k later, the smell is gone. The subfloor, baseboards, and anything that came in contact with the urine had to be removed. We put shalack on the walls and repainted everything. The baseboards were wet with urine. It took us 3 weeks to repair the unit.
Is you have done all that. The sheet rock may have to be cut out 4 ft high and replaced. I had one that I had to do that to. Let’s hope the ozone works.