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Locating an foul odor in my house. Geo 06-28-2006
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Posted by on June 28, 2006, 3:07 pm

Geo wrote:
> About a month ago I noticed a faint foul odor taking over a particular
> room in my house (no not the bathroom =EF=81=8A). <snip>

DAGS on this. And note the instances where folks found that some
critter had gotten inside a wall cavity and died. Could be.

J


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Posted by on June 29, 2006, 3:29 am
On 28 Jun 2006 12:07:51 -0700, barry@sme-online.com wrote:

>
>Geo wrote:
>> About a month ago I noticed a faint foul odor taking over a particular
>> room in my house (no not the bathroom ?). <snip>
>
>DAGS on this. And note the instances where folks found that some
>critter had gotten inside a wall cavity and died. Could be.
>
>J
I'm having same problem as OP, and it does smell like what
you're suggesting -- critter died.

I just came back and smelled that awful odor. Same problem -- trying
to find the source. It seems to be localized somewhere around the
wall containing my file cabinets. But since the study was pretty much
closed up while I was away for several months, how did IT get in?

I am very aware of that smell, since I once had the same problem
in the garage -- something crawled in and got trapped. (What an awful
way to die!).

Clueless (really!) about what to do...




Posted by Oren on June 28, 2006, 4:11 pm

>About a month ago I noticed a faint foul odor taking over a particular
>room in my house (no not the bathroom ?). It's gotten worse over the
>last couple of weeks and seems to have peaked. The odd thing is that
>it doesn’t have the smell of a corpse, but rather something moldy –

Rules out the mother-in-law.


>although I won’t discount something like a mouse. This room has one
>wall exposed to the outdoors, one against the garage, one against a
>walk in closet and one against a family room. None of those areas have
>the smell. It’s only inside the room. I’ve checked the attack and
>there is no smell up there. Sniffed around the floor and can’t pin
>it down there either. I am completely stumped. Does anyone have any
>ideas on some good ways to find out where the odor might be originating
>without drilling a million holes in walls and floors? I’m thinking
>of having someone come in to see of they can trace the origin of this
>smell but don’t even know who to call. Any ideas there would be
>helpful too. Thanks in advance for any help.

Live plants? Is this a place where snakes are flooded or for some
reason seek "asylum", oops I meant refuge. Is this a draft of air
coming from outside by chance?

Have some friends do the a smell test, maybe you ain't crazy <grin>.

Oren




Posted by on June 28, 2006, 4:39 pm

Geo wrote:
> About a month ago I noticed a faint foul odor taking over a particular
> room in my house (no not the bathroom =EF=81=8A). It's gotten worse over=
the
> last couple of weeks and seems to have peaked. The odd thing is that
> it doesn=E2=80=99t have the smell of a corpse, but rather something moldy=
=E2=80=93
> although I won=E2=80=99t discount something like a mouse. This room has =
one
> wall exposed to the outdoors, one against the garage, one against a
> walk in closet and one against a family room. None of those areas have
> the smell. It=E2=80=99s only inside the room. I=E2=80=99ve checked the =
attack and
> there is no smell up there. Sniffed around the floor and can=E2=80=99t p=
in
> it down there either. I am completely stumped. Does anyone have any
> ideas on some good ways to find out where the odor might be originating
> without drilling a million holes in walls and floors? I=E2=80=99m thinki=
ng
> of having someone come in to see of they can trace the origin of this
> smell but don=E2=80=99t even know who to call. Any ideas there would be
> helpful too. Thanks in advance for any help.

Any kids? Our toddler age daughter is just old enough to open drawers.
We have an old card catalog that serves as a TV stand. it has about
50 small drawers in it. One day I guess she decided it would be fun to
hide her sippy cup half full of milk in one of the drawers. Needless
to say a while later a strange stink started to fill the room. We
eventually found it but only after exhausting just about every other
possibility.

Doug


Posted by Geo on June 28, 2006, 4:51 pm

Geo wrote:
> About a month ago I noticed a faint foul odor taking over a particular
> room in my house (no not the bathroom =EF=81=8A). It's gotten worse over=
the
> last couple of weeks and seems to have peaked. The odd thing is that
> it doesn=E2=80=99t have the smell of a corpse, but rather something moldy=
=E2=80=93
> although I won=E2=80=99t discount something like a mouse. This room has =
one
> wall exposed to the outdoors, one against the garage, one against a
> walk in closet and one against a family room. None of those areas have
> the smell. It=E2=80=99s only inside the room. I=E2=80=99ve checked the =
attack and
> there is no smell up there. Sniffed around the floor and can=E2=80=99t p=
in
> it down there either. I am completely stumped. Does anyone have any
> ideas on some good ways to find out where the odor might be originating
> without drilling a million holes in walls and floors? I=E2=80=99m thinki=
ng
> of having someone come in to see of they can trace the origin of this
> smell but don=E2=80=99t even know who to call. Any ideas there would be
> helpful too. Thanks in advance for any help.

Everyone, thanks for the advice. I will add this: the room is
completely empty with no carpet, no plumbing, no trim, nothing. It's
essentially a storage area that we designed in to the house. I've
examined and removed every item that we had stored there. The smell
remains. Looks like I need to hire out the neighbors dog and/or start
drilling holes.


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