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Sms1988

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Jan 27, 2001, 2:14:06 PM1/27/01
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maybe one of the enzyme products that they sell for pets would work.

L Hays

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Jan 27, 2001, 3:19:23 PM1/27/01
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I had the same problem one time. Following someone's advice I put an empty
coffee can filled with charcoal (w/o lid) towards the back. After about a
month the smell went away.

Lance

"Charles" <peqr...@nveznvy.arg> wrote in message
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> When we bought this house, there was a stale urine smell in a closet. We
> removed all the carpet in the house, air-ed out the house, and painted and
> put in new carpet. The smell is returning. It doesn't smell like cat
> urine. It smells like a bad nursing home -- human urine. (We have no
> indoor pets and no humans have relieved themselves in there).
>
> Could human urine from the previous owner have permeated the concrete
> slab? What can I do to remedy the problem. Ozone? Please don't tell me I
> need to rip up the carpet and seal the concrete!
>
>
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Larry

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Jan 27, 2001, 7:10:14 PM1/27/01
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There is always a chance of a wild animal nesting above that area or further
down the wall, anything from opossums and raccoon to field mice. If they have
an abundance of urine soaked nesting materials..insulation, rags, paper,
etc..the odor can seep into the house.
Lar

AndyK

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Jan 28, 2001, 12:26:13 AM1/28/01
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I don't want to be an alarmist, it's probably is caused by some previous
"spill" but I have a neighbor that complained about a ammonia smell around
his front door and hall closet for quite some time. It turned out to be
caused by a pretty serious termite infestation. If the closet is on an
exterior wall you might want to check for signs like mud tunnels outside.
If it's simply odor coming from a wall surface or concrete floor you could
try painting it with a vapor barrier primer like white pigmented shellac
(Bin, Enamelac).

Andy

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Ken

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Jan 29, 2001, 2:01:16 PM1/29/01
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It must be in the wood and/or concreate?

Baking soda and ammonia will kill if off. Get the gas mask out when
using the ammonia stright out of the bottle. Get the windows open and
the fans arunning too.

I have removed cat urine smell from capets using baking soda. The stuff
just WORKS!!!!!!!

Well you have to srub it up and then seal with water sealer. Don't pass
up the scrubbing because the sealer won't stick as well.

With wood a few coats poly.

Good luck.

Dan Musicant

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Jan 30, 2001, 12:07:06 AM1/30/01
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:01:16 -0500, Ken <k...@cs.sunyit.edu> wrote:

:It must be in the wood and/or concreate?

I had a pretty bad urine smell coming from a closet in the middle of one
of my stairwells. Caused by rats, or more likely a single rat. When I
discovered what was going on, I emptied the closet and set a trap that
was never hit. The rat never came back. A friend told me (this was
around 4 months ago) that the smell would go away. It pretty much has.
He also recommended, if I wanted, to get some cedar slats and apply them
to the walls of the closet. I imagine that the smell of the cedar would
overpower the smell of the urine.

Happя

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Jan 30, 2001, 9:02:07 AM1/30/01
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Ask a farmer what they use it the barn/chicken coop.
I can't remember the stuff right now but you will recognize it as the base
for most high intensity cleaners. Farmers and commercial cleaners can get
the stuff straight (no mix) and it really kills the germs and smells. Do you
have a Co-Op outlet near you?
(my mother told me all about this stuff for a neighbor who had a cat smell
problem left over from a previous owner)
It works.
Happy


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Brian

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Jan 30, 2001, 9:07:52 PM1/30/01
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Make sure to check for pests first! At an old house we encountered a
simular problem area, but in this case we were 100% sure the previous owners
cat was the culprit. We painted the subfloor and area with BIN Primer
Sealer and this stuff really did the trick for us. Don't get this stuff
confused with KILZ it is different and for this partucular application BIN
is better! Check the product out at
http://www.zinsser.com/products/bin.html You can purchase BIN at Manards.
After BIN dries it is fairly safe and has been used in hospitals.

Good luck.

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Douglas Miller

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Feb 2, 2001, 4:27:54 PM2/2/01
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In article <669327F2556C6E82.7B024825...@lp.airnews.net>, peqr...@nveznvy.arg (Charles) wrote:

Try scrubbing with a solution of borax in warm water. If I remember correctly,
about 1 cup of borax to a gallon of water -- but the borax package should have
directions.

>When we bought this house, there was a stale urine smell in a closet. We
>removed all the carpet in the house, air-ed out the house, and painted and
>put in new carpet. The smell is returning. It doesn't smell like cat
>urine. It smells like a bad nursing home -- human urine. (We have no
>indoor pets and no humans have relieved themselves in there).
>
>Could human urine from the previous owner have permeated the concrete
>slab? What can I do to remedy the problem. Ozone? Please don't tell me I
>need to rip up the carpet and seal the concrete!
>
>

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