Although you may not be aware of the odors caused by pets urinating on the carpet right now…come Spring when the temperature and humidity rise you will be! Due to lower humidity levels during winter months the urine salts present in carpet simply do not have enough moisture to generate bacteria, thus there is little…
When you return from shopping or from work, and first enter your home, do you notice any odors? If so, you’ve probably also noticed, after you’ve been home for a while, that the odor vanishes. The fact is the odor has not vanished. Your sense of smell has only become desensitized. But what you may…
Q: I’ve had my carpets cleaned professionally, but I still have urine odors. Why didn’t cleaning work? A Fresh urine deposits, when cleaned up immediately, normally respond to conventional detergent cleaning for two reasons. First, the urine doesn’t have time to penetrate through the carpet backing where you cannot reach it. Secondly, the urine is…
How urine spreads and affects the deeper layers of carpeting. The types of damage from pet urine can be diverse and are dependent upon many factors. Urine content will change over the pet’s life because of the pet’s diet, medications, age, health, sex, and reproductive cycles. Because of these variations, some urine stains may not…