Removing urine from your carpets.

Detection in carpets

PEE comes with the smell as we all no. Ammonia can be pungent.

That stagnant lingering smell is not pleasant at all. Some people’s noses are more sensitive than others.

We want to be in an area that’s smell pleasant.

When in carpets there are a number of things which we do to determine the most cost effective way to remove this odour.

The procedure which we carry out is to identify the level of .

This can be just the odd accident to obviously the carpet being wet on in multiple areas.

To identify the carpet we will use an ultra violet torch.

The torch highlights areas contaminated by turning it blue in colour.

Once this has been located the area is tested for moisture.

So lets us go through our three stages and what we do to fix these.

Level 1

This is where the urine level is low.

The area receives a specific chemical which could be either an odour or enzyme application. We apply this liberally and allow to dwell for ten minutes or so.

Once the dwell time has lapsed the area is then steam extracted. This process assists in the removal of odour.

This is repeated. The second application is again given 10 minutes to dwell.

We use a tool called a claw this time. This is square, made of metal and flat. This is placed over the area and we then stand on the claw. The vacuum system is then turned on. We stand on and of the claw ever couple of seconds. What this does is remove as much moisture as possible, leaving the carpet as dry as possible.

The Uv torch is then used to recheck the area. If any residue is detected, the area cleaning is repeated.

Level 2

This is where the liquid has penetrated into the underlay. Again this would be detected and identified via Uv light, and moisture checking.

Obviously we can’t see or clean the underlay, so how do we reach and treat it?  All areas are identified. A chalk mark is circled around the stain. We then inject the underlay with a chemical application. This would be injected in neat form for maximum results. The area may need a couple of injections. What we want is the underlay to be wet, so it can breakdown the salts and odour. The carpet is then treated liberally with the chemical application.  Again we leave this to dwell.

The removal is the same as in the level 1 procedure.

Level 3

This is where it is not cost effective to use the above removal techniques.

When a carpet has large levels of urine the underlay has to be removed.

This is a last resort.

We uplift and roll the carpet.

The underlay is then removed.

The subfloor will be treated to remove any residue.

New underlay is fitted. A misted solution treatment is sprayed on the underlay.

The reverse of the carpet is also treated.

We then refit the carpet.

Treat the carpet again  and then steam clean the carpet.

As the cleaning process is taking place we check all areas for any residue and repeat our process accordingly.