Hi all,
We have just moved into a house and the people before us had a dog we think. When viewing we did not notice the smell but now we have moved in we have noticed the dog smell and maybe the odd urine smell in places just on our downstairs carpets.
So we had a local carpet cleaning company come in which did not cost much as the carpets looked dirty as well and they said by cleaning them it might not remove the smell completely so we still went ahead with it. The carpets came up very clean but we can still smell the dog or urine odour in places and looks like the other owners kept the dog downstairs only as they had a gate on the stairs.
So my main question is I was going to rip up both carpets including underlay and bin the lot. Once I have got rid then it leaves the concrete hard floor which the carpet and underlay was on.
What should I treat, clean or wash the concrete hard floor with before laying new underlay and carpet.
I have looked on so many sites and there is so many answers from spending loads on expensive paint primers to fancy cleaning products or to the basic cleaning methods but none of them way which is the best way to do this and I don't want to spend much if I can help it.
None of the subfloors in the affected area are wood and the carpet and underlay which is down at the minute are very thick so I hope nothing has every soaked pass these.
Chris
We have just moved into a house and the people before us had a dog we think. When viewing we did not notice the smell but now we have moved in we have noticed the dog smell and maybe the odd urine smell in places just on our downstairs carpets.
So we had a local carpet cleaning company come in which did not cost much as the carpets looked dirty as well and they said by cleaning them it might not remove the smell completely so we still went ahead with it. The carpets came up very clean but we can still smell the dog or urine odour in places and looks like the other owners kept the dog downstairs only as they had a gate on the stairs.
So my main question is I was going to rip up both carpets including underlay and bin the lot. Once I have got rid then it leaves the concrete hard floor which the carpet and underlay was on.
What should I treat, clean or wash the concrete hard floor with before laying new underlay and carpet.
I have looked on so many sites and there is so many answers from spending loads on expensive paint primers to fancy cleaning products or to the basic cleaning methods but none of them way which is the best way to do this and I don't want to spend much if I can help it.
None of the subfloors in the affected area are wood and the carpet and underlay which is down at the minute are very thick so I hope nothing has every soaked pass these.
Chris