The Different Odors From Urine In Carpets

Carpet Cleaning Castle Rock 

When it comes to pet odors in carpets you'll find two sources of odors related to pet urine. The first comes from bacteria that grows in the backing of your carpets and in dark humid places with a never-ending food source. A dog can feed the bacteria when they lay on the carpet. This bacteria will cause the breakdown of the urine than can multiply into amino acids. This organic bacteria will often hide deep into the fibers causing a deeper problem in the backing of the latex. This can cause a chronic problem for odors in carpets. The urine salts and ammonia gases from the decomposing urine create an unpleasant odor our carpet cleaning industry calls off gassing. Old urine on humid days gives off this ammonia gas. This is simply a very unpleasant odor and its not healthy when you breath it in your lungs. Thats why you will see a TLC Carpet Care technician wear a mask on carpet cleaning jobs with heavy odors. 

Another source of pet odor is chemical reaction with urine salts when the bacteria are dying off. This explains the reason that sometime a second application of treatment may often are required. More sanitizing is needed and the more likely you will rid the carpet of this odor. Urine also presents additional odor problems when the relative humidity is high. The salts and crystals that are left behind as the urine dries are hydrophilic and draw water to them.

Even thou Castle Rock is a dry climate during the summer and winter seasons dried urine is often easy to smell during these months because the salts attract the water in the air. Then it circulates thru the air putting out a greater proportion of unhealthy ammonia gases. You must get rid of the urine salts in the backing of the carpets as well as the padding to eradicate the odor. 

That’s why just can't  steam clean carpets with cleaning  urine. Steam cleaning will not kill bacteria that causes these gases.  In fact in some cases steam cleaning carpets without the use of enzyme solution very well could make it worse. 

If you have odors in your carpets from urine call TLC Carpet Care in Castle Rock at 720-314-0178 and be sure to visit us at tlccarpetcare.net. TLC Carpet Care your Castle Rock carpet cleaning company for odors in carpets.