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Posted by Oren on April 16, 2007, 6:19 pm
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:24:31 -0400, "EXT"
>Are you sure that an ammonia mixture is right for this situation. The urine
>produces an ammonia smell, it sounds that it would only add to the problem.
>I think you need some pet odour neutralizer or possibly pinesol or dettol
>mixture sprayed around to help kill the smell.
Anything sprayed into the space too clear the kitchen smell. A mixture
of SUSDY ammonia from the dollar store will reduce the stench; added
to water. Inside or Outside. A cleaning solution, not smelling of
ammonia, given fragrances now.
Leaving ammonia out, I would water hose the space. The spaces stink,
according to the OP. Perhaps, a water down would reduce the present
smell!
Cat poo reeks of ammonia; find me a rodent that hangs around long?
Long, enough to tear up a crawl space......
>>
>>>Dan wrote:
>>>
>>>> My wife & I have just bought a house in the Seattle area. House is 2
>>>> story,
>>>> about 3000 sq', on a 1 acre very wooded lot. The previous owner had a
>>>> problem which I understand is fairly common around here; rodents (mice
>>>> &/or
>>>> rats) in the crawl space. He had a local Terminex address the
>>>> infestation,
>>>> as of last week Terminex claims "no new activity", however the rodents
>>>> nested in the insulation between the floor joists, ripping it up &
>>>> pulling
>>>> it down in spots, as well as urinating/defecating/probably a few dead
>>>> ones
>>>> in & around the fiberglass. This is stinking up the space, which can be
>>>> smelled in the kitchen area. My plan is to have my own independent
>>>> inspector go over the space, make sure all entry points are closed &
>>>> that
>>>> there really are no rodents present, then have the insulation and other
>>>> debris removed & new plastic put down. Since we're heading into the
>>>> warm
>>>> months, I thought I'd wait until late summer/early fall to have new
>>>> insulation put in, to give the subfloor/joists/etc. a good time to air
>>>> out.
>>>> I'm wondering if anyone else has dealt with this, and if so what they
>>>> think
>>>> of my plan. Any helpful suggestions appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not a (helpful) answer to your query, but I was
>>>working at a house w/crawl which had been infested.
>>>The owner assured me that the exterminators had been
>>>thorough in eradicating the rodents.
>>>
>>> I had been working in the crawl, sprawled out on
>>>the earthen floor, for maybe 10 minutes when the
>>>ground began to shift and collapse! I got out the
>>>scuttle hole as fast as I could.
>>>
>>> Nothing more happened and we later figured out that
>>>the rats had made numerous tunnels in the earthen floor,
>>>which then had collapsed under my weight.
>>>
>>><shudder>
>>>
>>>Jim
>>
>> I don't have an answer myself. If this is and earthen floor I would at
>> a minimum, make a mixture of sudsy ammonia (heavy) and water to spray
>> into the space. Hopefully I could reduce the smell; since the space
>> is about to heat up. It would reduce the smell in the cook space above
>> (Imo).
>>
>> The repair guy might appreciate it later; if nothing else!
>>
>> --
>> Oren
>>
>> "If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."
>
--
Oren
"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."
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