How to treat a plywood subfloor for urine before new carpet is installed.
Sub floor with cat urine.
Once the urine sets into the subflooring it is near impossible to remove.
I am switiching to tile.
I had the exact problem.
As a cat owner it is natural that you love your cat.
Does regular house paint work to seal the floor.
You may be able to remove dog or cat urine that has soaked into the wood but some situations may require replacement of the subfloor.
Cat urine has an unmistakable ammonia like pungent smell that permeates the room and can even extend to the rest of the house.
Pesky pet accidents are more than a minor inconvenience.
Lingering odors and stains permeate the room and are impossible to hide.
If urine stains have set into the plywood subfloor you can treat it in the same way you would treat any subfloor.
So to be safe cut out and replace the stained sections.
My top layer of the sub floor was particle board and the urine caused the particle board to rise up in the areas peed on.
The urine can stain carpet and soak down to the wood subflooring.
The first step is to treat the subfloor with an enzymatic odor remover.
The best floor sealer for pet urine is a stain blocking primer.
Keep pet urine cleaning supplies handy so you can nip this problem in the bud.
Pull up the carpet and pad and search the subfloor for urine stains.
After you allow the floor to dry out seal it with a subfloor sealer.
Deodorizing a subfloor that has been soaked with pet urine requires a two step approach.
Until the cat urine odor is addressed it will announce itself every time you enter the house.
Removing urine from subfloors takes elbow grease but the reward is a better smelling more sanitary home and a well behaved pet.
I have been advised to pull up the particle board however there is a product killz or something like that that is supposed to mask the odor.
Step 2 apply an enzymatic pet cleaner like nature s miracle to the soiled areas and allow them to dry thoroughly for 24 to 48 hours.
Note that some wood reacts and swells on contact with any liquid an issue that might already exist as a result of urine.
I swear i can smell cat urine.
As a homeowner with beautiful wood floors you like your floors too but cats and wood do not mix.
When not cleaned up immediately pet urine stains and odors can seep below your flooring surface and into the subfloor.
I thought they were going to use kilz.
When removing an entire room of carpet or flooring use the black light on the subfloor itself to locate pet urine stains and outline them with chalk or masking tape.
To cover the cat urine stained subfloor prior to installing a new pad and carpet.
