Strange smell from either the laundry or kitchen
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help - strange smell in bedroom!
Comments (27)I'm reminded of our last house. We moved in in Jan, 1991. The kitchen was a concoction of:gray indoor/outdoor carpet, coppertone appliances, lilac painted walls, and cabinets painted a salmon/orange. From the single bulb in the ceiling hung it's on/off string, at the bottom of which hung a toy, stuffed doll witch. (Dubbed the "switch witch"!) Man that kitchen stunk big time, like dead animal stick. WHEN THE LIGHT WAS ON! (OK, we got a good deal on the place, and planned to remodel from the get-go) Turns out the light heated up the insulation up and in the ceiling above it. Very pungent, BAD smell. By the time the remodel was done, no more smell. Something about certain light switches, insulation, and witches! Glad you got to the root of the problem! Now we can all relax, smile, and hope some squirrel doesn't get into the rafters! (They smell like old dirty socks, BTW!) DH was appalled when I suggested that he put his socks in the laundry! He swore they were clean, but when I would go into his office (a bedroom with the computer in it), he'd be clacking away, and I'd smell the socks. Well, his sense of smell isn't up there with mine! Swore nothing wrong! Finally he got a whiff, near the A/C vent. Went up to the attic, and there you have it, old, dead, squirrel! (Took him 2 weeks to believe me!) OLD, DEAD, ROTTING SQUIRREL! Oh well, everybody have a laugh, and be thankful for the sense of smell we have isn't as good as Man's best friend's!...See MoreSewer smell in 2nd floor laundry room with F&P ecosmart washer
Comments (4)Are you sure it's a sewer smell and not grossness in your washer? I got rid of my 6 year old ecosmart washer a couple months ago because it broke, but I was happy that it broke because it stank horribly starting when it was about 6 months old. I always left the lid open and used HE detergent but still the washer stank horribly of mildew/mold/general disgusting funk. I had to run cleaning cycles with bleach about once a month to keep the stench at bay, and even then it was there, it just wasn't unbearable. Another GW poster had a similar issue - her dh took the washer apart and it turns out she had all kinds of mold growing on the outside of the drum. http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/laundry/msg1116132918352.html Here is her post with the picture: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/laundry/gal1116003129042.html?1 I'm guessing this might have had something to do with our water (it's well water through a softener) since lots of people here have ecosmarts and don't have problems like this. But then again, in the 7 months I have owned my frigidaire Affinity front loader, there's no hint of smell or mold or anything else I was afraid would happen with a front loader. So who knows? All I know is that you couldn't give me another F&P washing machine - never again!...See Morefoul smell from drain in laundry room
Comments (10)"Would you expect the problem would get solved by pouring a jug of water down the drain?" Yes, if a dry trap is the cause. The 2nd graphic "In-Correct Washing Machine Hose Connection" is not relevant since there's as-yet no machine in place (note that "in-correct" is incorrect, LOL). The first graphic is relevant as the explanation if either a) there's no water in the trap; or b) there's not enough water to form a seal. Some of the water poured into the standpipe would pass through, the rest will settle in the trap....See MoreFresh smelling laundry
Comments (57)I grew up in the swish neighborhood of a small town -- no clotheslines there. I live in a Manhattan high-rise -- no clotheslines here, either. But I once visited a friend who lived out in Queens. She had been telling me about her house, garden, pool, etc. It was like visiting another world where everything was in miniature. The rooms in the house all seemed oddly smaller than expected. The yard was tiny with a postage stamp garden. The pool turned out to be one of those above ground kind, about 10 feet in diameter. But the most "foreign" thing was her clothesline. One pole was in the yard and the line went to her kitchen window. She could sit at her kitchen table and string up the clothes, then pull in into the yard! And looking across her yard I saw her neighbors' sheets and underwear. At the time, I lived in a tiny third floor studio walk up and hauled my laundry five blocks to the laundromat. By comparison, her set-up seemed rather luxe. But I still wouldn't want to see my neighbors' underwear....See MoreSushiiphoto
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