Sucking dust yesterday

[andyvh1959]

Rented an electric hammer chisel from HD yesterday to finally get the 2" square tile off the kitchen floor in prep to install new high grade vynil planking. My kitchen is maybe 10x14 open floor area, and I had already used a hammer and cold chisel to remove the tile under the stove and fridge areas, which didn't create much for dust. But holy **** did the dust fly using the electric hammer chisel, more than I thought it would up to the higher cabinets. But the dusty work is finally done.

Got to the area by the stove where my old cat buddy Maynard spent many hours as he neared his 21st birthday. Unfortunately that meant cleaning up many a pee event for the old guy, which I usually did almost right after he did it. Yet, it still seeped through the tile mortar and into the underlayment. So I had to do a couple rounds of an enzymatic cleaner to rid most of the remainder smell. Maybe I should seal the underlayment with polyurethane before I put the new flooring down. I'll see if there is any scent left after a few more days.

 

[AC-WC]

SEAL IT! It will come back if you don't.

 

[rlitman]

I think I'd just use 6 mil vapor barrier sheeting. That's going to give a better seal than anything you brush on.

 

[geneg]

Rented an electric hammer chisel from HD yesterday to finally get the 2" square tile off the kitchen floor in prep to install new high grade vynil planking. My kitchen is maybe 10x14 open floor area, and I had already used a hammer and cold chisel to remove the tile under the stove and fridge areas, which didn't create much for dust. But holy **** did the dust fly using the electric hammer chisel, more than I thought it would up to the higher cabinets. But the dusty work is finally done.

Got to the area by the stove where my old cat buddy Maynard spent many hours as he neared his 21st birthday. Unfortunately that meant cleaning up many a pee event for the old guy, which I usually did almost right after he did it. Yet, it still seeped through the tile mortar and into the underlayment. So I had to do a couple rounds of an enzymatic cleaner to rid most of the remainder smell. Maybe I should seal the underlayment with polyurethane before I put the new flooring down. I'll see if there is any scent left after a few more days.

Seal it with some Zinsser primer. Solvent based- not latex. I'd do several coats. Cat essense lasts forever.

 

[no704]

Just cut out that subfloor and replace it. Not that hard and and can’t fail.

 

[MOS3522]

Cut out the subfloor, bleach the hell out of the joists, patch the subfloor, lay your laminate. I wouldn't try to seal cat piss filled wood.

 

[andyvh1959]

Thanks for the replies. Yes, replacing that section of 1/4" plywood is an easy option versus trying to get the stink out of the wood.

 

[ipgenie]

Kilz will seal it. I helped remodel a "cat house" about 13 years ago. The previous owners had many cats and dogs running around, other animals in cages and the whole house smelled of urine soaked wood flooring.

We probably should have just leveled and rebuilt the house but they decided to try Kilz. We rented a sprayer and coated every nook and cranny, floor to ceiling in the whole house. I think we used 10-12 five gallon buckets and the guys spraying came out high as a kite.

Once the primer dried, the stink was gone. We painted and carpeted the whole place except for laminate flooring in the kitchen and bathroom.

There was a slight clearance issue with the dishwasher and a bit of the old flooring had to be trimmed and as soon as the Kilz was penetrated, the stink rose up and about killed us. We fixed the clearance issue and re-primed the subfloor before finishing the laminate.

I can garantee the smell is still there under the Kilz, but I never could smell anything inside the house when I visited.

 

[Scotto]

Once the primer dried, the stink was gone. We painted and carpeted the whole place except for laminate flooring in the kitchen and bathroom.

There was a slight clearance issue with the dishwasher and a bit of the old flooring had to be trimmed and as soon as the Kilz was penetrated, the stink rose up and about killed us. We fixed the clearance issue and re-primed the subfloor before finishing the laminate.

I can garantee the smell is still there under the Kilz, but I never could smell anything inside the house when I visited.

That's crazy just trimming the plywood released the smell. Nasty!

 

[MOS3522]

That's crazy just trimming the plywood released the smell. Nasty!

That means you need to take more subfloor out! It's cheap and easy to replace, and a vinyl laminate floor would be very forgiving of a less-than-perfect job replacing it