Removing cat urine from concrete floor

puddy

my cat has diabetes, she still getting stable but in the meantime she drinks and drinks and drinks and wees and wees and wees. when she is not well, she often prefers to use the floor instead of her tray.

she is not allowed in utility room at the moment for this reason but when the door is open, she goes in and wees. she must like the damp surroundings and the already musty odour (the room is not yet weather proof).

the problem with this is that the floor is rough concrete so its not like wiping up some wee off laminate or vinyl. you cant even get a mop across it as it rips up the mop head.

i have used a car wheel scrubbing brush with biological washing powder so far and used an old fashioned mop to mop up the water from washing it (not that successfully)

we had someone round to look at the floor and he said that inn order to lay a new floor, whether screed or plywood for vinyl, lamiate whatever, i would need to neutralise the urine or it will seep through.

any ideas? he said that there is a product from the vets with an orange top, but i have spoken to the vet and theres no such thing?

Volcano

a) Keep the cat out of the room, anything you do to the floor will be undone and set you back.

b) Urine is acid, concrete is alkaline, so in theory it could affect a new top covering of screed. A very dilute bleach solution will neutralise the cat urine.

c) Getting this area dry seems to be the most important thing. After washing with the bleach solution, wash again with a bit of clean water and give the floor time to dry properly (if the room is musty it could take quite a while and you might need to put a heater in there).

Dried cat urine won't seep through half inch plywood. I can see how it could react with the screed, but assuming you've got a good solid base underneath then I'd think it's unlikely to be much of an issue. I'd go with the plywood if you're unsure, and as long as the concrete is thoroughly dry, can't see any problems.

tandraig

you may be better posting on pets board - but will have a go as i had a fairly incontinent cat and his wee soaked through carpet then vynyl tiles and onto concrete base. tried everything commercial the bio washing powder did the carpet just fine. but when we took it up to replace it could see the tiles stained so took those up too!! to cut long story short - i sprinkled (well dumped actually) bicarbonate of soda on top of concrete and left it overnight. next day i used old fashioned bristle scrubbing brush and worked it well in and left it rest of day. then i swept it all up. we relaid new tiles and couldnt smell a thing.