how can i get ride of the smell of cat urine in floors of my rental house?

Answer 1

Febreeze

Answer 2

I have two answers depending on the situation.

1. If you are moving into the house, or you've only recently moved in and the cats WEREN'T yours, have the landlord, property manager, etc. replace the carpets AND padding.

2. If they were your cats that did it there are a few products available at pet stores and the supermarkets that will get red of pet odors. For the most part they work, but for my money the best was Oreck's Pet Stain and Odor Remover. It is a spray bottle that really works.

One caveat: these products tend to have 2-butoxyethanol which is very bad for animals (not so great for humans either, but in low doses its tolerable). Follow the instructs about blotting the area dry before animals return carefully, babies should crawl on the carpet where its been recently cleaned either.

Also, if the urine was excessive so that it set and soaked through the padding to the underlayment only by replacing it can the odor be removed. If you just need a fix to get through the final inspection you can lift the corner of the rug, blot the padding dry and put a sheet of tinfoil between the padding and carpet to keep the stain from reappearing. The odor will reappear shortly though, so its just a quick temporary fix.

Answer 3

There are commercial products, sold in pet stores, that are supposed to do this. They have enzymes that eat--well, we don't want to think about that part. They do work--you just have to use an awful lot, and it's not cheap.

The thing is, the little dickenses have probably soaked the padding, if what we're talking is carpet, and it's not likely to work. There may even be some rot involved.

Try looking for a carpet cleaning company that advertises they can take care of pet stains and odors. Make sure you understand the terms of their guarantee. And see if there's any chance your landlord will go in with you on the cost.

Good luck!

Answer 4

There was a product I saw at Walgreens (pharmacy) called Urine Be Gone!.

I've not used it, so I can't testify to it, but at least try it out.

Another thing you can do is go to a pet store, get in a conversation with a cat owner that looks pretty well-kempt and drop the cat urine question

Answer 5

Your going to have to replace the floors, because the smell stays in there. I got a new house and tried everything to get rid of the smell of cat urine in one of the rooms upstairs and nothing worked, I finally had to replace the whole floor. Do this esspecially if you have animals of your own because even if you cant smell it anymore, they can and will continue to pee and poo in that area.

Answer 6

Get as much of the wet stuff up ASAP. Then get to a Petsmart for Nature's Miracle for Cats and pour a lot down. It will stink worse for a week while the enzymes pull up the cat pee odor. Then it will smell much better.

If that doesn't work, see the answers above.

Answer 7

Since the scent is probably really deeply rooted, maybe you could rent one of those powerful carpet steam cleaners and see if that worked. Ask the people at the rental place for more advice. I doubt your leasers will replace the carpet, but even if they agreed to do it, who knows how long it would take to get it in there. However, maybe they will fund you for the cost of renting the cleaner.

Answer 8

i would try a mixture of baking soda and peroxide (the kind you use on cuts) and douse the floor then use a shop vac to remove the water..when my dogs get skunked, this is the only thing that erases the odor and you know how bad that smell is--if it works on skunk smells, why not the smell of cat urine?

Answer 9

Carpet Cleaner

Answer 10

Urine-B-Gone

http://www.asseenontvguys.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=62&HS=1

Answer 11

Replace the floors.
There is a product out that claims to eliminate pet urine, I think it's called Zero Odor.
http://www.stokesbirdsathome.com/q&a/archive/qa108.html