It’s no secret that our pets can create lingering, unpleasant smells that make even the most polite houseguest turn up their nose. Every pet owner knows how hard it can be to remove pet smells from your carpet, furniture and rugs — especially if they’ve had an accident.
At Sydney Steam Cleaners, we’re no stranger to pet smells. We understand that different odours have different causes, and therefore require different treatment methods to remove them for good. That’s why we make sure we understand what kind of pets you have, and how they’ve contributed to the odour in your home before we get to work.
The most common cause of odours is urine. We all know that dogs love to mark their territory — often multiple times in the same spot! — and cats are also no strangers to peeing on your bed, couch or the floor. Unfortunately, urine can be a complex substance to remove, leaving a smell and often a stain that won’t budge, no matter how hard you scrub.
The other cause of pet smells in your home is the residue from their coats. Animal coats can often contain oils, dirt, faeces, sweat and decaying skin particles, which make their way into your furniture and flooring when your animal sheds. Often household cleaning products aren’t up to the job of removing these odours, so smells can continue to linger, even after you’ve vacuumed and scrubbed.
As we mentioned, it’s important that we understand the source of the smell to effectively remove it from your home. While it can be fairly straight forward to remove smells caused by the oils and sweat from pet coats, removing urine — particularly old urine — is a multi-step process.
We’ll start by asking you where the smell is coming from, and whether you’ve tried any methods to remove it yourself. If we determine that the smell is caused by urine, we’ll ask you how often you think they might have gone in the same spot and how long the urine has been there.
For simple jobs, like removing smells caused by pet hair, we can often provide you with a quote over the phone. For more complex jobs, like removing urine, we may need to visit your home to perform a site inspection before we get to work.
To ensure we remove all traces of the odour permanently, our team will assess your carpet, rug, furniture or mattress with a blacklight or moisture probe to identify all sources of urine contamination.
From there, we saturate each spot with the appropriate treatment for approximately 15-20 minutes. This treatment breaks down and destroys odour-causing organic material. If the odour is located in your furniture, we’ll inject the treatment through the padding instead.
Once the treatment has been completed, we’ll use our extraction tool to flush out all urine crystals and debris, effectively removing the source of the odour.
Once your carpet or furniture has been flushed out, we’ll conduct a final steam clean of your carpet to remove any final staining and leave your home smelling fresh.
It’s never fun to be living in an environment where you’re surrounded by unpleasant odours. Before you waste time on expensive cleaning products, trying to remove smells that won’t budge, it’s always a good idea to call in the experts.
We use Australian-made products to treat the source of the odour while neutralising all smells. Your home will be left smelling fresh and clean, with all stains treated to minimise any further browning.
Preparing your area for pet odour removalOnce you have noticed any pet contamination on your carpets, furniture or rugs, at Sydney Steam Cleaners we advise leaving it to the professionals with our same day service to ensure the best possible results.
Why use Sydney Steam Cleaners for pet odour removal?
Our team has been removing pet odours from carpets, rugs and furniture for over a decade. We use top-of-the-line, animal-safe products to treat and eliminate the source of the odour, rather than simply masking the smell.
How soon after I notice an odour should I call Sydney Steam Cleaners?
The faster we can treat the source of the odour, the better — particularly when it comes to urine stains. If your pet has been urinating in the same spot regularly, it can be complex to remove the stain and odour from your floor or furniture. As soon as you notice a smell, give us a call.
Can you permanently remove the source of the odour?
Our experts use a specialised process to treat the source of the smell, completely removing animal coats and/or urine crystals to leave your home smelling fresh.
How long does it take to remove the pet odour from my home?
The time and complexity of our pet odour removal service depends on a few factors, including the source of the smell (whether it’s caused by urine or coat shedding), how long the smell has been there, how many different places you can locate an odour within your home and, if there is staining, how severe it is.