I've seen houses where the pet stain went through the carpet AND the pad and even into the subfloor.  I think you have to get to the source or it may not do any good to replace carpet and padding. 

Both great products - I have used them both with great success - I have a client painting with KILZ today as a matter of fact...

Kilz works amazingly....our son has a house where one of the toilets backed up and sprayed like a gizer all over the bathroom...my husband being the great dad he is went in and cleaned it all up for him, repainted using the kilz and then repainted over that.  Oh what we don't do for our kids...but our son lets him know he's forever greatful and that's all that counts!

Why does it smell like bubblegum?  Is this intentional or just how the chemicals smell?  Also, is this stuff safe for kids and pets?

Not sure.  It just smells a little like gum to me.  I would check their website at www.odorxit.com for info on safety.  I only have used it in vacants.

Evil (Rich)...

We bought a house last year and we knew we were going to have to gut the place before we could rent it out. But what we didn't expect was the dog pee on one of the walls in a bedroom.

No matter what I did I could not get rid of the small. I finally told the handyman to rip the wall out and replace it. Once that pee gets into the sheet rock there's no getting it out.

Do you believe it...The previous owner of the house kept his male dog locked in the bedroom all the time. Yah. I know. You've seen worse :)

TLW...ROAR!

Ok... I have this funny picture in my head of you in a house with a house attached to a bottle watering the carpet... thanks for the tip...

Rich,

How about a house where the owner passed away, the dogs were in the home at the time and it wasn't discovered for awhile?  Kilz or OdorXit? 

Fran

I read about a product called nanozorb for when someone has passed away and left odors. A little pricey, but probably well worth it.

Hi Rich,

Been there, done that. Only stopped to say hello.

This blog does inspire me, I need to write about my first sale and the amazing disappearing, 12 foot, naked woman! It's a story about a surprise gift from the seller's former tenant.

Bill

Good, quality information. Thanks, Rich.

My brother is a funeral director and they use tomato juice to cut the smell of dead humans on them and the house. In his business a little natural enzyme beats another chemical....Kuckily my dead person in the house rotted away on the couch....did somone say yardsale?