Questions tagged [smell]
For questions related to resolving a smell or odor.
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What is causing a smell from under my bathroom sink?
(I'll preface this by saying I'm not an experienced DIYer, especially with plumbing, but this seemed to be the best place to post this question. Hoping someone can help!)
I've had a sporadic smell, ...
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Smelling sewer gases from my washer
Our front-load washing machine has a problem where sometimes it really smells of sewer gas. This only happens occasionally, and we can only smell it when the door is open. We usually leave the door ...
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Plumbing vent odor on rooftop deck
Just bought a place that came with an accessible rooftop and there's a plumbing vent that creates a pretty noticeable odor when near it. Our inspector provided a recommendation to put the vent cap on ...
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Can I seal off these ceiling cavities in my basement from rodent pest access and/or remove the old, soiled insulation inside to stop smells?
Part of our kitchen/dining room extends into our back yard where there's no basement underneath. Perhaps it was an addition at some point (it's a 1940s house) but down in the 'unfinished' side of the ...
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Master bathroom sink sewer smell won't go away
Master bathroom has a sewer smell. It mainly seeks to come from my wife's sink. I've snaked it, drano, vinegar baking soda, plumber has snaked it, but the smell always comes back. I've been ...
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Fish Oil smell in closet - electrical failure/hazard?
I recently moved into a rental house. There is an obvious fish oil smell in the closet of the room above the garage. And by fish oil smell, I mean if you literally took a fish oil supplement and ...
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How do I eliminate bad odor in my dishwasher and kitchen sink drains?
I have frequent sewer, wet dog, swamp smell in my dishwasher and kitchen sink drains. What do I need to do to fix this problem? It is intermittent making it difficult to diagnose. I added an Oatey ...
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Electrical outlet smells like metal
What should I do if one of my electrical outlets smell like metal. At first I thought it was my surge protector, but I unplugged that. Now I found out its the outlet. I'm scared. I hope it's not ...
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Odor on top floor
My home in the Chicago suburbs has a third level that is a mostly finished master suite with a full bathroom. As the weather warms up we notice an obvious “body odor” type smell in that room. When ...
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Sewage smell from bathroom faucet after replacing
I just replaced the toilet, sink, and faucet in my bathroom and I now smell sewage from the sink. Everything is basically the same, although I had to get a drainpipe extender - still have p-trap ...
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Is P-Trap installed correctly? [duplicate]
Our bathroom sink is used multiple times per day but there is a bad odor almost every time we turn on the water, coming from p trap. We have found some bad DIY work in this house already, so I’m ...
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Sudden arrival of acrid smell in one bedroom
At first, I thought it was coming from the ensuite bathroom but after keeping both doors to the bedroom closed for just a few minutes it was only in the bedroom.
It is a smell that I associate with ...
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Sewer Gas Smell From Shower But P-Trap Is Full
I smell sewer gas every other day or so in my basement bathroom which has a sink, toilet, and shower. The p-trap on all of them are full and when I get down and smell the drain of the shower, it has a ...
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Washroom Drain is Smelly
2 inches pipe connection between washbasin and floor trap (main drain) has opposite slope. Washbasin has trap underneath and controls it whereas floor trap (main drain in shower) smells occasionally. ...
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How do I clean evaporator/drip pan in a Jennair column refrigerator
I have a Jennair column fridge and freezer. Unfortunately, some meat that was defrosting in the meat drawer leaked into the fridge and made its way into and through the two bottom/veggie drawer all ...
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No vent in my cabin and smell septic tank
I have a cabin without a vent on the roof for the drain pipe.
We have a concrete septic tank also without any vent.
My water drains correctly inside but we have some smell in my bathroom.
Does anybody ...
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Comfee dehumidifier creating a weird toxic smell
Recently bought a new Comfee Dehumidifier MDDF-16DEN7 WF and turned it on in a relatively small bedroom.
Even though it dropped the humidity from average of 90 to 60, it left a weird smell in the air ...
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How do I remove mothball smell from metal?
I recently got a metal tray full of nuts, bolts, washers, and drill bits from a yard sale, and it smells like mothballs. I know mothball off-gas is carcinogenic, so I wanted to reasonably ...
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How to created a hole through chipboard / melamine to look behind a cupboard
There is a cupboard in a bathroom that appears to have some strange smell coming from behind the wall.
We've checked the sink to see if its leaking and there is no sign of that, have cleaned through ...
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How can I identify this unusual antique wood finish smell? [closed]
I recently purchased an antique oil painting (18th century), whose frame has a very particular smell that I had never smelled before, touching the frame imparted a fair degree of grime onto my hands, ...
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Propane stove/oven soot/carbon smell
I have a brand new oven/stove that runs on propane. Everytime I try to use the oven it ends up making the kitchen smell like that black soot carbon. I also can see inside the oven tall flames on ...
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How to stop foul smell in toilet
My toilet always leaves some kind of foul smell not sure how it happens , all the toilets and septic tank has vent pipe too.
I personally checked my WC and it's properly attached with floor and it's ...
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How to prevent stagnant water in Drainage pit from causing diseases
My house has 6 dry wells for collecting waste water from bathroom and kitchen.
I'm worried that it could become a breeding ground for Mosquitoes , Bacteria, virus and foul smell.
Are there any ...
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What is on my drywall and why it smells?
One of the small rooms in my recently bought home smells when door is closed for 24 hours or longer. Something must be outgassing. This is the only room in my home that has two different drywall ...
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Smell from electrical outlet
There is s strange smell on my daughter’s bedroom coming from an electrical outlet (smells like burnt). It smells only at night, despite the breaker being off, it still smells.
Electrician changed ...
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Strange smell coming from main sewage pipe in wall
I recently had my kitchen redone and new plumbing done. I am noticing a smell behind the dishwasher where the main sewage pipe is. It’s in the wall but partially comes and connects to other pipes. ...
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Mold odour immediately after rain! No sign inside or outside
I live on Prince Edward Island, on the east side of Canada. We renovated our old building completely last year, so everything is new and neat except the main structure. Now immediately after rain, we ...
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How can I eliminate odor from exterior paint used indoors?
I painted my inner walls with exterior plastic paint by mistake. It had a very foul odor when summer came. Painted 3 times and still smells
Smell is terrible in summer months especially when opening ...
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Control smell coming in from neighboring Dry cleaner [closed]
I work in an office that is in a strip mall. Two units away is a dry cleaner. Some days our office is saturated with the perfume smells from their cleaning agents. I don't know what weather ...
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Why is my AC smelling bad and producing no condensation water?
I have a 10-year Carrier unit. It has two issues.
The AC smells musty when turned on. It smells even worse when I turn on the fan mode after running AC. No smell when running on heat. It's similar to ...
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Musty smell from furnace
When switching from cooling to heating in the fall we get about 2-3 days of musty air and then it's fine all winter. It's like wet sock/sneaker smell.
Yesterday, the A/C kicked on because our house ...
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Can I add an extension to an air intake for apartment central A/C? Is this a health or code violation?
The apartment I am living in has a nasty odor coming from underneath the furnace/ac and water heater. The air for the furnace is sucked up from this underneath section making all of the air that is ...
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Bought a house and very strong damp/sewer smell in main bedroom
Just recently bought a house which has been renovated. It was in a pretty poor state beforehand however since we've moved in (house has been vacant for 7 months at least) the main bedroom has a ...
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Seweage smell ONLY from AC vent in bathroom
I recently started installing new floor in our bathroom. I of course took out the sink and toilet, which were left unconnected for about a day and a half (will not do that again). The sink and toilet ...
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how to eliminate fabric softener or anti-static chemical odors from laundry room
I recently purchased a 1960s home built on a crawlspace and have found that the laundry room and adjacent hallway has a strong odor of fabric softener and/or ant-static dryer sheets. When I walked ...
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What material blocks cigarette smoke the smell and the vocs from passing through vents?
I tried blocking the weed/cigarette smoke from neighbors apartment from getting into mine. I've done everything from wrapping kitchen and bathroom vents in aluminium foil, packed and sealed off whole ...
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Sewer gas odor in 1st floor mudroom after replacing washing machine in basement
We've had a washing machine in the basement for more than a decade (we use it for oversize stuff, horse blankets). Suddenly, upon replacing our old failing machine with a newer one, I'm smelling a ...
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Do enzymatic urine cleaners work on old urine in carpeting and carpet padding?
Related to my previous question regarding urine in carpeting and carpet padding, I would like to learn if enzymatic cleaners work for urine that has been present in carpeting or carpet padding for 10 ...
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Do enzymatic pet urine cleaners also clean human urine?
Do enzymatic pet urine cleaners also clean human urine that is present in carpeting and carpet padding?
Specifically, human urine that has been present in carpeting and carpet padding for years.
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Removing perfume smell from the inside of a hutch - glass, cherry, and some softer wood in the drawers
I purchased a used hutch with glass doors, cherry wood (I believe, and according to the person I bought it from), and some kind of softer wood for the inside of the drawers. Only after I bought it did ...
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Why does sulphur smell linger so long after treating it?
My chlorine injector stopped working a couple weeks ago and I had it fixed.
After three days of normal use by a family of 5, I tested the water coming out of the 120Gal treatment tank and it smelled ...
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What is the best way to remove paint smell from room?
Background.
Ceiling collapsed in small part of kitchen due to water leak, initial damage was limited to small part of room, but somehow the people who landlord sent round (not professionals), they ...
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Sulphur Smell in house when dishwasher is unloaded
I'm going crazy. I have had a sulphur/sewer smell going through A/C vents for 6 weeks. As soon as I smell it, I turn air off for a while ... then it's OK. IT ONLY HAPPENS 1 TIME A DAY. I've had A/...
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Tankless hot water smells
We bought a house with a Rinnai RUC98 tankless hot water heater already installed. We didn't notice anything about the water at first except only that when we did laundry, the dried clothes smelled ...
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Smell from laundry drain, possibly no vent?
Just purchased a home that was renovated. Appears to have not been by a professional, nothing major but small things. Not sure what to do on this one. There is a smell coming from the in wall drain....
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Why does my cold water smell like sulphur suddenly?
This is a long, detailed post about my water problem. I've included all relevant info I can think of.
I bought my first house about 2 years ago, it's a ranch style with a finished basement and a pole ...
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How can I get rid of vinegar-like paint odor?
A friend got a new apartment (5 floor building built in 2008). The walls and ceiling of the apartment were renovated a few months ago.
Unfortunately, the ceiling color (Flügger Flutex 2S) started to ...
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AC "Dirty Sock Syndrome" smell went away, is it actually fine?
My AC has started to turn on with the warm weather and with that I've been smelling a gross musty sour smell coming from the vents (only when it cools and not when heater is on). I last changed the ...
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Odor Coming From Oven
I have a GE oven and am getting a strong odor when I use any of the burners or the oven. The odor reminds me of the smell a kerosene heater would put out when being used. I haven't cleaned the oven at ...
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How can I eliminate a bad smell coming from under my dishwasher?
Whirlpool Dishwasher smells bad when hot water starts. Not inside the dishwasher, outside/underneath. I detect no water leaks, it seems like it is coming from the pump underneath. The smell comes out ...