Help with a smelly carpet, please!

zippychick

Bronnie wrote: »

I used to always recommend Neutradol on these threads , it's amazing. However I've given up posting about it now as nobody has ever given feedback before and just keep going on about bicarb!!

I used it on a wooden floor in a conservatory that stank to high heaven as the floor had been soaked with dog urine (previous owners/neglected dog). Tried everything previously mentioned to no-avail, Neutradol did the trick overnight, minimal cost and inconvenience and minimum elbow-grease and effort. Do try it, folks!!

I listened :j:A

pregwithno4

Hi, not been on this bit before but thought I would ask for help. Last week we had a radiator leak in my daughters bedroom and as it was drying it stunk of cat pee (we dont have a cat, never have had one). I bought neutradol carpet freshener and tried that, left it on overnight then vacuumed in the morning and it did nothing.
I then bought Febreeze (the pet odor one) as I thought it would be a good one being for pet odors and still that did nothing.
My landlord hired a professional carpet cleaning guy in and he said he would do his best but as its drying the smell is still there.
What else can I try, its NOT cat wee, its the water out of the heating system but it smells a lot like cat wee.
Thanks in advance.
Suzanne x

anguk

You could try sprinkling some bicarbonate of soda on the carpet where the leak was, leave it for a while and then hoover up. Bicarb is quite good for soaking up odours.

Bronnie

Was it enough water that it would have penetrated throught to the floorboards.? If you can lift the carpet there, apply the Neutradol thickly to the wood and the back of the carpet too, work in well and leave overnight again.

lisawood78

Is it dry now?
There was a thread on here the other day about carpets smelling bad when wet, but as soon as they had dried fully the smell went away.
Good luck.

zippychick

Hi Pregwithno4:hello:

There is a thread about smelly carpets here so you should see plenty of suggestions. There is also a thread about removing cats pee smells (even though yours isn't cats wee it could still offer some good suggestions.....)

I'll add your thread to the smelly carpet thread later to keep the ideas together

good luck!:)

Zip

BitterAndTwisted

It's more than likely to be the underlay that's smelling while still damp. I'd lift the carpet up if possible to give the underlay an opportunity to dry out completely and I'd give it a go with the bicarb while I was at it.

zippychick

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

It's more than likely to be the underlay that's smelling while still damp. I'd lift the carpet up if possible to give the underlay an opportunity to dry out completely and I'd give it a go with the bicarb while I was at it.

good point actually - the carpet cleaner on Kim and Aggie said the other day , that 9/10 times, it's the underlay - he suggested cutting the smelly part of the underlay out:)

LJM

the bicarb idea sounds good id be a bit wary of cutting the carpet untill id tried all options/ideas but as a last resort and to stop me going crazy i would prob end up doing it

BitterAndTwisted

NO! Zippychick mentioned cutting the UNDERLAY, not the carpet. I wouldn't cut a carpet, I'd buy a remnant and replace the whole thing.