How to Remove Pet Urine From Carpet

Pet urine is one of the worst substances to have in your carpet. Not only is it an ugly stain, it also contains odor causing bacteria that live long after you apply a store bought cleaner.

When your dog or cat urinates on your carpet it rarely sits on top just waiting for you to clean it up. No, it absorbs through the carpet and into the padding where it sets up shop, literally. When pet urine goes into your carpet pad, urine salts begin to crystalize. Over time these urine crystals absorb moisture from the air, subsurface or anywhere possible. This process enables the bacteria to continue their life cycle while off-gassing ammonia in what’s known as the nitrogen cycle. Learn more about the nitrogen cycle on our DIY page.

Naturally, most people turn to store bought cleaners as a remedy to remove the urine stain and pet odors that come with it. The problem with store bought pet odor removal cleaners is that most of them only mask the issue. If you’re reading this post, you’ve likely cleaned the stain once or twice and yet it continues to return. This is because the dog urine in the pad re-evaporates to the surface as the salts find new moisture in the air. In short, the old pet urine needs to be removed from the pad.

Next to replacing your carpet and pad, the safest and most cost effective way of odor elimination is by applying an enzymatic cleaner to the carpet and pad. When in contact with putrafied pet urine, the enzyamtic cleaner breaks down the odor-cuasing agents.

Unlike the soil in your backyard, carpet and pad are nearly sterile. This means Mother Nature must somehow get decomposing bacteria to the urine to complete the nitrogen cycle. Probiotic bacteria such as Ur-Out pet urine remover, supplies the near sterile pad with a dose of probiotic enzymes that biologically eliminate the odor causing agents over time. Yes, it’s not instant!

While Ur-Out smells great, we recommend giving the area two to four weeks for best results. The good news is that once the nitrogen is gone, so is the odor. If you need expert pet odor removal in the Greater Nashville, TN area, give us a call or get a quote and schedule online.