How do you get feeces smell out of room? - Page 1

We just moved into a new house, & the previous tenants locked their 5 dogs in the down stairs basement/ laundry room in their crates for long perdiods of itme, & the whole room smells horible of urine & feeces! The land lord put a sealent over half the concrete floor where their crates were but not the other part of the room, or the walls. I don't think they were allowed to roam outside of their crates during the day, which tell you how idiotic the peole were. Poor doggies! :( 

 The other part of the basement is turned into a little studio apartment, but no one want to go down there! I don't think the dogs were allowed in that room, there's no spots on the carpet like the upstairs where the cat was, but the whole room still smells horrible! So what was the landlords fix? Plug a couple of glade air freshers in the wall, & call it a day! Now the smell is seeping in upstairs, & we don't know what to do. I heard about a great cleaner for carpets that has proteins in it that eat the urine, but that won't help for the concrete floors & walls. We wiped the floors & walls down with the lysol that you add in water, but that didn't do much. Any sugestions? Thank you! :)

-*KiKi*

hope this would help,if it really smells very bad, put a lot of charcoal in the room, dont spred it out, put in lets say in a big basket... 

 BORAX, sold as 20 MULE TEAM will help you and not kill you. Follow directions on box.

 Also, how is the dehumidifier situation in your basement?

Bleach it with 25% bleach and 75% water, have the room very well ventilated because of the bleach, scrub and bleach.  Its the only thing I know that works quick and is a true disinfectant.

Sometimes a professional cleaning business can be very helpful. They are pros at just this sort of thing. I rent alot of homes to tenants who sometimes are less than clean, meaning filthy! I call a good service who will guarantee your satisfaction, they do a good job as a general rule. Good luck, Von Leistung

Also, how is the dehumidifier situation in your basement?

We don't have a dehumidifier in the basement. It doesn't really get humid here. We're considerd low mountains, so it's pretty dry.  Borax sounds interesting. I try not to work with any chemical cleaners the best I can, even regular house hold cleaners. LoL.  We also have foster children, & can't do any harsh chemical treatment things that will last for a couple of days. Not that anything listed has been like that... At this point I think I'll try everything & cross my fingers that something works! I like all the great ideas! The land lady "suposedly" hired fire/mold damage specialists to come in & clean up the place, but honestly I don't see anything that she said done. I think she swept, vacumed, & rented one of those cheap steam cleaners at the grocery store, & put fragrance stuff in it hoping it would do the trick.... IT DIDNT! 

Thanks for the advise everyone, I'll deffinetly put it to good use! :) 

A good friend of mine cleans houses for a living. She goes the "green" route with most of her clients and makes her own cleaners. She likes borax and uses it allot. It can be mixed with baking soda and a bit of peroxide but for such a large area, thats allot.

Vinegar also works great and we use it in the kennel runs instead of bleach. It works great with the urin smell and the vinegar smell goes away once its dry. 1 cup per gal of water.

Works great when washing doggy blankets too !

Natures Miracle works good to and is inexpsensive. It neutralizes the oders, doesnt mask them. I've used it with puppy accidents and works really well. Has a nice light sent to it also.

good luck

Spread ceder wood chips all over the basement floor and leave them there for  a couple days... then sweep them up and spray wash with pressure washer with Clorox mix.   Ceder both absorbs smells and adds it's own odor to the place.   The other ideas of Charcol left in laundry boxes has merits also... and the borax  thing will also kill parasite eggs...  

Plain old white vinegar. Wash down or liberally pour on and let soak in.  Set out bowls of it in the room and let it evaporate. Cheap, safe , easy and works wonders.