Locating Sources of Urine Odor from CleanFax Magazine

Urine is really a three-pronged problem. There is stain, odor and contamination. If you don’t address all three issues, you may not satisfy your client.

If you don’t educate your client on the need to address all three issues, they may simply focus on the odor and they may think the solution should be a simple spraying of some magic solution that eliminates all odors.

If we don’t successfully locate all of the odor sources, our result will be less than 100 percent. Because this step is so important, we will examine it in some detail.

Locating the source is done by our eyes and noses with an assist from moisture detectors and ultraviolet (UV) lights.

Power of the nose

We may enter a home or a room and immediately recognize the presence of odors associated with urine. Determining the preciselocation of the source is more difficult.

In part, this is because air currents diffuse the odor. Closing any open windows, closing doors at the entry to each room, turning off ceiling fans, heating or air conditioning and other sources of air movement will make it easier to locate the source.

Allow time for conditions to settle and then you can carefully check each area without odors from other locations swirling around your nose.

Remember, women are generally more sensitive to odors than men.

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