Cat urine is highly concentrated and deposited in small, repeated amounts, so it often penetrates the carpet pile and saturates the backing and underlay before it is noticed. The strong odour comes from uric acid crystals that reactivate with moisture. Professional treatment locates every deposit with UV inspection, neutralises the crystals and treats or replaces affected underlay. An assessment confirms how deep the contamination goes before treatment is recommended.
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Cat urine is highly concentrated and deposited in small, repeated amounts, so it often penetrates the carpet pile and saturates the backing and underlay before it is noticed. The strong odour comes from uric acid crystals that reactivate with moisture. Professional treatment locates every deposit with UV inspection, neutralises the crystals and treats or replaces affected underlay. An assessment confirms how deep the contamination goes before treatment is recommended.
Cats urinate indoors due to marking, stress, litter-box aversion, illness or age. Repeated marking deposits concentrated urine in the same spots, driving it through to the underlay.
Yes. Because cat urine is concentrated, contamination often reaches the underlay. Surface cleaning alone usually fails — neutralising treatment of each layer, and underlay replacement where saturated, gives the best result.
A strong ammonia smell, dark spots under UV light, a cat returning to the same area, or odour that worsens in humid weather.
Household sprays and steam cleaning can spread the urine and intensify the odour. Targeted neutralising chemistry applied only to contaminated zones is more effective.
Odour and staining are usually significantly reduced. Where the underlay is saturated, replacing it gives the most reliable long-term result. Complete removal is not guaranteed where contamination has spread beyond the carpet.
UV inspection to map all cat urine deposits
Extract surface soil and moisture
Apply neutralising treatment to each deposit
Flush and extract through to the backing
Replace underlay where saturation is confirmed
Apply odour-neutralising rinse and speed-dry
We provide this service across the Newcastle and Hunter region:
Cat urine is concentrated and forms persistent uric acid crystals that reactivate with moisture. When it reaches the underlay, surface cleaning will not remove the source.
Often yes, with neutralising treatment. Deep or repeated contamination may require underlay replacement for a reliable result.
We use a UV light and moisture detection to locate contamination that is not visible on the surface.
If every contaminated layer is treated, odour usually does not return. If the source remains in the underlay or subfloor, it can.
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