Unknown smell?

Question

When I come home from work there's a strange smell in my lounge, I have a dog but he's not allowed in there. My house is immaculate but I can't detect where it's coming from. Any ideas of how to get rid of it? I've shampooed the carpets etc, tried Oust, Shake and Vac and general air fresheners but it comes back.

It's a very strange smell, it does smell dead, a little like dog smell but the as I said, the dog's not allowed in the room.

Answer 1

If you have floorboards then it could be a dead mouse/rat underneath.
Same thing happened in my house. I had an unknown smell for about four days that i followed to a spot underneath the floorboards containing a maggot filled rat.
I fished him out and threw him over into my neighbours garden for revenge after their cat had defecated everywhere on my new lawn.
I hope this helps!

Answer 2

Hve you looked under your sofas, you could have a dead mouse there. If you have shampoo'd the carpet and didnt air the living room out the carpet could have a dry damp smell. You need to shampoo it again and leave the windows and doors open to let it dry in the fresh air. It could also be that under the floorboards or in the wall there could be dead rodents.

Answer 3

the same thing happened in my house. It turned out that something died in the wall, and the smell permeated the entire house. It was awful!! We spent $600 on Ionic breezes for every room, plus another $150 on an exterminator (who couldn't find it...) before we finally had to just wait for the smell to go away. The only advice I can give you is to try to keep it as cool in your house as possible. Heat will only make the smell worse. Good luck, man.

Answer 4

It must be all the bull sh1t you spout on here, get a reality check, your living in a left wing utopia that does not exist, we are being out bred at an alarming rate and will be the minority in 10 years or so, then we will be living under sharia law, with a muslim government, and as I am from Liverpool guess why I don't read the s*n, you are that detached from reality you prob don't know why, for the record I don't blame them I blame the government!!

Answer 5

It depends on what the odor smells like. It could be mildew from a water leak somewhere, or it could be from furniture, appliances, etc. If you do find where it is coming from, try a mixture of water and bleach in a spray bottle, or Lysol.

Answer 6

If it truly is a mould musty scent it should be popping out of your carpet. If the canines has relieved himself everywhere this may carry out both odors. perchance attempt steam cleansing each and each and every of the carpet on your position making positive to get alongside the aspects close to the baseboards properly. now and again it is contained in the padding and purely no longer plausible to eliminate. If there has ever been a leak from the roof or interior a wall, this may go away the mould or musty scent. you're top, once you stay in it, you don't be conscious it like others do. you may have observed that you've sinus infections or sinus issues better than everyday in case you imagine about it. it is likely led to from this mould smell on your position. examine each and everything from the walls surrounding pipes, washer hoses, warm water heater, lower than cabinets with sinks, round bogs and tubs even contained in the attic for water leaks which have not shown up interior yet, everywhere there's a leak or the position water comes into or out of the living house. you should locate you've a small leak, or there became one before it truly is been fastened, in spite of the indisputable fact that the walls or floor wasn't wiped clean authentic before it became repaired allowing this mould and mould to augment it truly is causing this smell. maximum individuals do not realize the smell or link them to diseases they have had, yet those odors from bacteria of mould and mould contained in the living house were got here upon to be the reason behind quite some human beings having sinus issues. regardless of this now and again older homes purely have this scent. good success! yet another concept, perchance those human beings do exactly not like the concept of the canines, with you protecting their youthful toddlers, perchance they're searching excuses for the "canines to bypass" or their "youthful toddlers to bypass" someplace "dogless." It dawned on me this afternoon that you stated having a basement, it truly is often the position musty mould odors come from, exceptionally if it is an unfinished basement or per chance a move slowly area lower than a house can make the interior scent. examine there to ascertain if there are any tell tell signs and indicators of water leaks on the walls, or from pipes or the position water may be seeping in round living house windows. i am going to guess you detect the answer there! desire you do besides. good success!

Answer 7

I've read all the other responses and I agree, dead animal somewhere. I have had this happen twice and both times I eventually found a carcase. It will stop smelling eventually, if that's what it is!

Answer 8

Its probably in the air ducts or in the walls. Depends does it smell dead? If its just musty try getting an ionic breeze or expensive non allergen air filter for your ac.

Answer 9

Did Charles Manson own the house before you?
Check under the floorboards

Answer 10

If you have a bricked up fireplace it is possible that a dead bird is in the void full of maggots. My friend in England had this problem and had to have part of the wall removed to remove tbe dead bird. Hope this helps.