Question:
- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I post this in the light of any help/advice anyone has to offer. >We have just brought a new house. The previous owners had eight cats >who were not house trained. >The carpets and wallpaper have been removed. I have cleaned the house >top to bottom, and also used 10 litres janitorial liquids for the cat >urine odour and 4 litres of liquids from the pet store, but still when I >open the front door the smell is still there. After a few minutes you >become immune to it, but I don’t want to live in a smelly house! >It is 95 per cent better now than what it was but I cannot get rid of >the remaining smell. Upstairs is clean smelling but downstairs >(floorboards) is the problem. I won’t move in until this has gone. >Can anyone suggest what else I can do. >We do have a cat (Zena who is house trained, well behaved – apart from >scratching the carpet of the friend we are currently staying with) and I >don’t want him to be unhappy in his new home, and even to urinate over >the existing spots – lots of them. >HELP!!!!
Hi, What about using some kind of sealant (polyurethane?) on the floors and floorboards? Have you tried that already? Becky
Response:
I post this in the light of any help/advice anyone has to offer. We have just brought a new house. The previous owners had eight cats who were not house trained. The carpets and wallpaper have been removed. I have cleaned the house top to bottom, and also used 10 litres janitorial liquids for the cat urine odour and 4 litres of liquids from the pet store, but still when I open the front door the smell is still there. After a few minutes you become immune to it, but I don’t want to live in a smelly house! It is 95 per cent better now than what it was but I cannot get rid of the remaining smell. Upstairs is clean smelling but downstairs (floorboards) is the problem. I won’t move in until this has gone. Can anyone suggest what else I can do. We do have a cat (Zena who is house trained, well behaved – apart from scratching the carpet of the friend we are currently staying with) and I don’t want him to be unhappy in his new home, and even to urinate over the existing spots – lots of them. HELP!!!!
Response:
- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I post this in the light of any help/advice anyone has to offer. >We have just brought a new house. The previous owners had eight cats >who were not house trained. >The carpets and wallpaper have been removed. I have cleaned the house >top to bottom, and also used 10 litres janitorial liquids for the cat >urine odour and 4 litres of liquids from the pet store, but still when I >open the front door the smell is still there. After a few minutes you >become immune to it, but I don’t want to live in a smelly house! >It is 95 per cent better now than what it was but I cannot get rid of >the remaining smell. Upstairs is clean smelling but downstairs >(floorboards) is the problem. I won’t move in until this has gone. >Can anyone suggest what else I can do. >We do have a cat (Zena who is house trained, well behaved – apart from >scratching the carpet of the friend we are currently staying with) and I >don’t want him to be unhappy in his new home, and even to urinate over >the existing spots – lots of them. >HELP!!!!
Hi, What about using some kind of sealant (polyurethane?) on the floors and floorboards? Have you tried that already? Becky
Response:
I post this in the light of any help/advice anyone has to offer. We have just brought a new house. The previous owners had eight cats who were not house trained. The carpets and wallpaper have been removed. I have cleaned the house top to bottom, and also used 10 litres janitorial liquids for the cat urine odour and 4 litres of liquids from the pet store, but still when I open the front door the smell is still there. After a few minutes you become immune to it, but I don’t want to live in a smelly house! It is 95 per cent better now than what it was but I cannot get rid of the remaining smell. Upstairs is clean smelling but downstairs (floorboards) is the problem. I won’t move in until this has gone. Can anyone suggest what else I can do. We do have a cat (Zena who is house trained, well behaved – apart from scratching the carpet of the friend we are currently staying with) and I don’t want him to be unhappy in his new home, and even to urinate over the existing spots – lots of them. HELP!!!!
Response:
- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I post this in the light of any help/advice anyone has to offer. >We have just brought a new house. The previous owners had eight cats >who were not house trained. >The carpets and wallpaper have been removed. I have cleaned the house >top to bottom, and also used 10 litres janitorial liquids for the cat >urine odour and 4 litres of liquids from the pet store, but still when I >open the front door the smell is still there. After a few minutes you >become immune to it, but I don’t want to live in a smelly house! >It is 95 per cent better now than what it was but I cannot get rid of >the remaining smell. Upstairs is clean smelling but downstairs >(floorboards) is the problem. I won’t move in until this has gone. >Can anyone suggest what else I can do. >We do have a cat (Zena who is house trained, well behaved – apart from >scratching the carpet of the friend we are currently staying with) and I >don’t want him to be unhappy in his new home, and even to urinate over >the existing spots – lots of them. >HELP!!!!
Hi, What about using some kind of sealant (polyurethane?) on the floors and floorboards? Have you tried that already? Becky
Response:
I post this in the light of any help/advice anyone has to offer. We have just brought a new house. The previous owners had eight cats who were not house trained. The carpets and wallpaper have been removed. I have cleaned the house top to bottom, and also used 10 litres janitorial liquids for the cat urine odour and 4 litres of liquids from the pet store, but still when I open the front door the smell is still there. After a few minutes you become immune to it, but I don’t want to live in a smelly house! It is 95 per cent better now than what it was but I cannot get rid of the remaining smell. Upstairs is clean smelling but downstairs (floorboards) is the problem. I won’t move in until this has gone. Can anyone suggest what else I can do. We do have a cat (Zena who is house trained, well behaved – apart from scratching the carpet of the friend we are currently staying with) and I don’t want him to be unhappy in his new home, and even to urinate over the existing spots – lots of them. HELP!!!!
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