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There are several things to know before buying new carpet for your home or rental unit that had pet urine odor problems. If the carpet has visible urine stains on it or it smells really bad the padding has absorbed a great deal of the urine and it will need to be replaced and the subflooring should be checked for water damage. One thing you may want to do is have the carpet removed weeks before the installation Date that way you will have time to notice if any odor is off-gassing from the subfloor so it can can be treated or repaired. We have moisture detection equipment that can check wetness in drywall and baseboards or concrete this lets us know how to proceed with eliminating the odors.
So many people attempt the do-it-yourself technique and usually end up spending a lot more money and wasting even more time sealing and resealing with killz, shellac, polyurethane, and other oil based primers and stain blockers and after 4,5 or 6 coats they get frustrated and eventually rip out the flooring and drywall because they could still smell a small amount of odor and did not want to chance having 10 or 20k worth of new carpet to smell like urine.
There are articles posted about people who have had success treating their homes for cat or dog urine problems but that does not make them an expert. What might work for one home in the summer might not work for the same home in the winter it is just that simple.
In addition to replcing pad the tackstrips should be replaced the flooring sealed and if there are going to be pets living in the home then a moisture proof pad should be used and taped at all seams.
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