We bought a house a year ago. I am redoing my daughter's room and the carpet stinks like pee after steamclean.

Question

I don't know what to do........should I rip up the carpet and put down a cheap piece of wood flooring linoleum . We are putting wood floors throughout in the spring but this smell is BAD. I can get the linoleum way cheaper than I can carpet. HELP!

Answer 1

Rip it up.Likely its covered in pee stains and its probably old too.

if you plan to redo in spring paint the floor for now and put down a area rug.

Answer 2

I would take it out because the Pee probably went through the carpeting and into the pad. Which is why you didn't smell it until it was steamcleaned.

I know that there is cheap carpeting out there if you want to do carpet, I would probably do Carpet Squares so that if she spills something you can replace it easily.

Or cheap flooring...you could do vinyl squares or your linoleum onto the sub floor and then possibly put the wood floors over it when you do your floors in the sping.

But, I personally would rip the carpeting out for sure.

Answer 3

Take it up. I would put down a laminate wood floor. It should only cost a few hundred for a bedroom. It's worth it. You don't want her to get sick from it or be playing on it.

Answer 4

Pull it up and get a cheap rug until you redo it in the spring.

Answer 5

Best bet is to replace the flooring.  The Urine will go into the pad underneath the carpet and at times in the wood in the sub floor.  

If you were to try to salvage the carpet you would take out the carpet and install new Padding.  While padding is up Seal the floor (usually use KILZ) Put down new padding and then put old carpet back on top of the new pad.