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I love Mondays!!!!
This past Monday morning, I began working on some nasty cat urine that was next to the baseboard. Knowing that I did not want to return to have to re-treat the spot if I failed, I really saturated the area with enzyme.
If you are working on a urine spot that is in the middle of the floor, the pad will handle the excess moisture. But, if you are against the wall, excess liquid MAY flow to the lower level directly into the electrical panel that is directly below. If this happens, you MAY hear some buzzing and popping noises followed by the stench of hot wires. It is then best to turn off the main breaker and call the fire truck. Let this be a lesson for all as it is very embarassing to have half the town observing a house surrounded by several fire trucks and one spottless HB van!!!Ooohhh! Brian, I am sorry to hear about that.
Carry extra upholstery mate logos in your van, then you can apply them
to the fire trucks so that you look like a 1st responder.Brian,
Sorry to hear about your Monday. Glad everyone was OK. My local fire department has joined me on a job as well!
How many of you guys and girls carry a fire extinguisher in your van? I wouldn’t recommend using it on an electrical fire (scared to death of electricity). But could come in handy some day. I helped a young man put out a car fire a couple of summers ago. His first car. First home tuneup and left a fuel line loose. Poor kid was heart broken.
Hopefully you never need one but if you do….
Have a great day!
Rick
If your enzyme could reach the fuse box, couldn’t the cat urine possibly too? If so, you should have just told them you were cleaning the cat urine from the fuse box at no additional charge!
Sorry to hear this happened. Hopefully no structural damage or added costs to you. I actually mention this as a reason soak and suckers are bad if they don’t know what they’re doing. With the amount of water/solution they put down, they can be potentially doing this too. Stairs always seem to have gaps that could allow this to happen.
OK Sutton, so I think I got this. Being a big math enthusiast I have worked up a formula to remember.
LOCPAW x EPES = FW+FT +P
Translation:
Lots of Cat Piss Against Wall x Excessive Pet Enzyme Saturation = Fire Works + Fire Trucks + Profanity
Ferris,
If that formula was in the HB handbook, I would have never been in this position. A plumber would know that piss runs downhill!
When a cat or dog pisses on the baseboards the urine can run under the baseboard just as your enzyme can. You won’t get all of this out. If there is an exorbant amount of urine I turn these down as the probability of you having to come back because the retched smell of urine will be worse.
We have steered pretty clear of cat urine and their stains…#1 they almost never ever go away and #2 the odor remains almost always..
The times they do go away and the odor is removed are rarely worth the effort and agony…
I have always hated cats and still feel that the only good one is the dead one…sorry PETA supporters.
I agree with Ron. We do the same thing.
Gotta be careful in bathrooms & kitchen with tile & grout.
When you get near the cabinets or other edge, the grout may have gaps in it and that gap allow water to go to the area below. Happened once several years ago….perhaps the new system handles this but must exercise caution. In our case, no damage, but could have been disaster it something was moved 3 ft closer into the affected area..
i refrain from cat piss also when to this degree.wood is damaged,tac strip wasted also,sugg.replacement. 🙄
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