Friend's house smells like cat pee
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Jan on Nov 19, 2014Has it always? Could it be that a previous owner had cats (if they have recently moved in) and the scent is now coming through? We found that a male cat was 'spraying' our front porch from time to time and that was a tough smell. I used half water and half bleach to clean the deck area and I "THINK" he has stopped visiting us.Helpful Reply
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Grady on Nov 19, 2014My friends parents built the house as my friend and I are both 16 and my friend has never had cats. He does have dogs, yet dog pee doesn't smell anything like cat pee from what I've heard.Helpful Reply
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Distinctive Deck Designs on Nov 19, 2014It could be a cat spraying on the exterior of the home either on the a/c unit or anywhere that the airflow picks up from. Another scenario to consider is potentially mold. Mold can have a wet, acidic smell too.Helpful Reply
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Grady on Nov 19, 2014I heard about the mold, but this house was built during the summer and he lives out in the middle of nowhere, so unless there's feral cats around, it's not cats. Any other ideas as to what it could be?Helpful Reply
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Carole on Nov 19, 2014Could there be critters living in the roof? Perhaps bats or possums? If they pee in the roof cavity the smell would pervade the whole house probably? We had a rat or possum die in the wall cavities of our house and we were told the smell would last a couple of weeks and then fade but it lasted a good six months. Whatever died in there was pretty big and took a while to fully decompose judging by how long the stench lasted.Helpful Reply
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Grady on Nov 19, 2014He lives in a place where bats and possums don't live. He lives in farm and field country meaning the nearest neighbor is at most 10 miles from him.Helpful Reply
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Letty on Nov 19, 2014Check for mice nests and snakes. That was the problem at our current house when we moved in. I fogged it and even put a fogger in the attic. The mice all left. During the remodel a few months later, the workers found many snake sheds and countless abandoned mice nests.Helpful Reply
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Gail on Nov 20, 2014Could it be the vent system needs professional cleaning?Helpful Reply
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Laura on Nov 20, 2014You're smelling the ammonia from a 'critter.' Could be from one marking territory outside(other animals besides cats do this!), or a critter could have set up house in an attic, under the house, etc. could be coming through in heating/air ducts(the smell, not the critter). We live in a very remote spot & check roof, foundation & soffits & gutters for critter signs. If there's a very strong smell, I'd have a professional pest company look the house over to see where the critter's getting in & remove it. After that, you maintain that & fix any areas critters can get in. Mice & rats hate the smell of peppermint, we grow mint around the house to deter them even more even coming in. There are several great cleaners out there to remove the smell, once you find out where the critter has marked. I've used the baking soda/ dish soap/ vinegar solution that I've used when any of our dogs have tangled with a skunk. It works great. The first thing to do though is to find the spot where critters are getting in and address that.Helpful Reply
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Dottie Hunt on Nov 20, 2014There's a type of evergreen that smells like cat pee. Don't remember what kind, but we had one by the front door. Dug it out smell was gone.Helpful Reply
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Susan B on Nov 20, 2014the evergreen is a Yew (just what I was going to suggest) Very strong smell and very much like cat pee.Helpful Reply
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Diana Lafavor on Nov 20, 2014Check for Bats, I smelled what I thought was a strong odor of cat urine in a friends shop building and it turned out to be a small colony of bats. The odor is strong enough to penetrate walls and ceilings. Do not disturb if bats, get professional helpHelpful Reply
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Grady on Dec 01, 2014I have heard all of these things, but none are correct. Any other ideas?Helpful Reply
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Mary Margaret Keller Domschke on Mar 24, 2015As could be a type of boxwood bush unfortunately I have one alsoHelpful Reply
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