Bought a house at a discount from a lady that 8 dogs that seemingly predominantly used the bathroom inside. The piss was enough to sting your eyes when you walked in. Pretty nasty stuff.
I really wanted to do a move-in ready home, seems like I always have to do a bunch of work to a place, but it’s saved me some money.
Subfloor repairs were pretty significant, but it had to happen anyhow. 70’s house with mdf under it that was piss logged, and I laid tongue and groove bamboo anyhow.
I got pretty nervous after demo because I was still getting a urine smell, but it’s out now. Got most of the new floor in, but still gotta finish a closet and a bedroom.
Not a terrible project, ended up looking really nice. The bamboo is hard as a brick. Took some trial and error to get the stapler right to not split tongues but to also get the staple all the way through.
Way to go! My parents bought a pet-piss special way back when, and once the floors were fixed and the walls primed whenever noticed a smell again.
Yeah, there’s some wood paneling in the laundry room, which also housed a welping box. I think I still get an occasional smell in there, but I can’t tell if it’s in my head. My wife claims not to smell it.
I’ll never have carpet again after tearing this out. I’m skeptical of even having a rug. There was just so much piss and dog hair.
Check for lead and asbestos if it was built before 1978
