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This must set a new record for the most off the wall post but if you can add any pertinent information it may make my home buying experience easier (less impossible!).

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1144356


-Matt

A friend of mine runs apartments. She said that they take up the carpets and padding and then epoxy paint the floor to seal it. Concrete floors. We all know how porous they are.

Anders

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A few years ago in a previous house we had a cat that would pee on the floor instead of it's litter box. We had heard a trick of using a black light to find the exact location (it works). We also used one of the enzyme style stuff to remove the smell.

I think any of the posts in that thread that talk about the smell being in the pad and maybe soaking into the subfloor and wicking up neighboring walls is right on. IMHO I also personally think that most "smell removers" are just perfume that cover the smell and don't do much to remove it. But I could be wrong.

Personally unless the house is already priced in a way that factors in the total replacement of all carpet, padding and potential other work, I would walk away. With the carpet in place you just don't know how extensive the problem is.

Anyone see the recent local report where the lady had all of the cats in the house and the neighbors were complaining about the smell. The urine had soaked through the subfloor on the second floor and was staining the ceiling on the first floor?

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I know someone who had a horror story like that. She pulled the carpet and padding, but the urine had soaked into the floorboards. I think she had to replace the boards, put down new carpet/padding, and paint the walls with that scent covering paint. If I remember correctly it was several thousand dollars worth of damage and this was only one room that was affected.

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You may want to try Nature's Miracle. I have a different problem. I spilled some fish stock on my transmission tunnel and am having a hard time getting the smell out

that's the best quote i've heard in a long time...thx

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many times the odor also wicks into baseboard areas and walls. this is more prevelant with cats than dogs. the carpet and pad need to go. the floors will probably need to be Kilz'd or some such product, and you might want to think about having the duct work cleaned also, as pet dander is all up in there too i would guess. probably gonna need a coat of paint too. if the house has sat closed for awhile the odor may dissapate quickly, but with the number of houses on the market, you might want to keep looking. just my 2 cents.

and then again, for a 24x24 garage i might think about getting my own dog. is it heated?

Been "Cooking with Fuel Injectors" lately have you?

Try Fabreeze anti-microbial. I used it on a couch frequented by our Labrador when we had guests coming and surprisingly it worked well. I would soak the entire area where the spill occurred and hope for the best. If that doesn't work, you might have to resort to the enzyme treatment.

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