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Installed carpet in a house where the owner had a pet parrot for 20 years
The old carpet in the living room was a solid beige when they moved in. Pulled it up yesterday and the subfloor underneath was a perfect green rectangle, exactly where the bird cage sat. Sunlight from the window bleached everything around it over two decades. The owner just laughed and said 'Polly wanted a green rug, I guess.' Ever seen something like that from pet damage?
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wesleyb206mo ago
Ever have to deal with that? Honestly, you might want to seal that subfloor with a stain blocker before putting the new carpet down, just in case any smell soaked in.
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viola_allen6mo ago
Yeah, the stain blocker idea is smart. I read a whole thing about how pet smells can get into the subfloor and then come back up through new carpet. They said even if you can't smell it now, the pad and new carpet can trap moisture and reactivate the old odor.
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kimr746mo ago
That's a wild visual, the ghost of a parrot cage left on the floor. It's funny how pets leave their mark in ways you don't expect until you move something they claimed for years. Wesleyb20 is right about sealing it, because that story makes you think about all the other hidden histories in a house. You find these little time capsules everywhere, like a perfect square of clean wall behind an old painting or a patch of darker wood under a rug. It's like the house itself keeps a quiet record of the life that happened there.
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