What the heck is electric radiant heat? Thanks, :) Wendy
--- Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First find OdoBan and really clean the carpet that > is down. Use 2-3 times > the strength recommended. When you do take the > carpet up, do the same to > the concrete. This stuff will take the odor out of > anything. Someone threw > a dead ?????? in my trash can that stayed there, in > water, for several > weeks. Couldn't even figure out what the poor > animal was by the time I > discovered it. I poured a lot of this stuff into > the can and it handled the > smell. It handles the smell of an angry cat > spraying too. It is that good. > I know you can get it at Sam's Club. I don't know > about other places but it > is on the internet. > > Second consider using a sealed ceramic tile over > electric radiant heat. > That was not an option for me at one point so I > painted the concrete. With > a couple of washable throw rugs it did nicely. You > can do any type of > design you like. But stay away from carpet. When > you take it up you will > find out how nasty it is. The padding turns to > dust. > > > > > > > > > If > you have men who will > exclude any of God's creatures > > from the shelter of > compassion and pity, you will have men who > > will deal likewise with > their fellow man. > > St. > Francis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:38 AM > Subject: OT: help-removing carpet due to kitty urine > > > > Hi guys, > > > > Well, my husband and I have finally decided to > remove > > the carpet in the living room, hallway, and "kitty > > room" due to them urinating on it. It has gotten > so > > bad that it actually is showing stains, which > usually > > only comes after MULTIPLE instances of urinating > on > > it. The house does not smell good and we are > > embarrassed to have anyone over right now. Mainly > the > > problem is due to our 17 yr. old kitty who has > > hyperthyroidism, and was never an inside cat until > 2 > > years ago. We are looking into faux wood laminate > > flooring, which looks like it will cost around > $3000 > > installed through Lowe's. I haven't priced Home > Depot > > or any of the local floor stores yet, so > hopefully, we > > can get a much better deal than that. After we > remove > > the carpet and before the new flooring goes down, > > we're going to seal the concrete floors, since > > concrete is porous and the kittys will still be > able > > to smell the urine even after the new floors are > > installed if we don't seal them. I am having to > talk > > my husband into this type of flooring, because he > > wants tile, but I don't want it because it's cold > on > > my feet and just 'cold' looking. I'd rather have > > carpet, but we're not going to go there again. > Does > > anyone here have any advice, suggestions, etc. > > regarding this new excursion we're about to embark > on? > > Has anyone had the same problems? Did you change > > your flooring out? How has that worked? Is there > a > > particular flooring that does best if exposed to > kitty > > urine? Any ideas on keeping the kitties from > going on > > the new flooring? > > > > Thanks so much! > > :) > > Wendy > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
