Everyone, I need your advice on a task I have been given by my mother... (GOD LOVE HER)
She has had a cat for countless years and over the years the cat has urinated in the formal living room and formal dining room and it has left a strong ammonia smell. On top of that, there is wood laminate floor (the cheapest crap on the market at the time) that is warped because of the urine or so we believe.
My question is.....How can I get rid of the ammonia smell? If I rip up the laminate wood flooring and the subfloor and replace them with new subflooring and wood laminate, will that kill the ammonia smell? I have also heard I need to prime and repaint the walls, in case the smell has soaked into the walls of the room.
Now for the dumb question, how do rip up the subfloor without falling 9 feet into the basement and breaking my neck on the concrete floor?
She has had a cat for countless years and over the years the cat has urinated in the formal living room and formal dining room and it has left a strong ammonia smell. On top of that, there is wood laminate floor (the cheapest crap on the market at the time) that is warped because of the urine or so we believe.
My question is.....How can I get rid of the ammonia smell? If I rip up the laminate wood flooring and the subfloor and replace them with new subflooring and wood laminate, will that kill the ammonia smell? I have also heard I need to prime and repaint the walls, in case the smell has soaked into the walls of the room.
Now for the dumb question, how do rip up the subfloor without falling 9 feet into the basement and breaking my neck on the concrete floor?