Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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04/12/18 08:45 PM
04/12/18 08:45 PM
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Was called to investigate an bad odor in an office...odor had a fishy smell... LMAO, I ain't even gonna go there.
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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04/14/18 10:29 PM
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Are you sure there is not an opossum under the floor/crawl space.
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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04/15/18 07:48 AM
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MChewk
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Jim, I have had the unfortunate experience to have smelled that manged canine smell throughout the years....something a trapper won't forget. I can't imagine what a den of manged foxes would smelled like though....nauseating I'm sure.
Last edited by MChewk; 04/15/18 07:48 AM.
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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04/18/18 08:25 AM
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I agree with ACP wet insulation. Do they have a rooftop HVAC unit or furnace. If furnace is it suspended over the ceiling. A roof leak onto the duct insulation. Has it rained recently. Air conditioning drain trap could be dry if in the attic and sucking in wet insul. Smell when the heat is running. Look for duct insul. sagging down on the bottom of the ductwork. If you touch it it will possibly pour water out.
The bitterness of poor quality last a lot longer than the sweetness of low price
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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04/18/18 10:55 PM
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I have one for everyone that I encountered today...definite raccoon toilet in the attic but as soon as you walk into the home you can smell it— smells like a carcass rotting in the walls somewhere. Hard to describe without showing it, but I’ve pretty much been able to isolate the smell location after doing a complete inspection. I think a raccoon has died somewhere in the dead air space but how do I get to it without tearing stuff completely apart? You can’t see in there- complicated constructin. And what IF it’s not really where I think it is? Looking for any help I can get too!
Wildlife Removal, Etc.
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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04/19/18 03:04 PM
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Do you have a inspection camera? Could always drill some small holes and look then spackle over and touch up with paint Or if you can pop trim off and drill hole down low to look.
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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04/19/18 06:11 PM
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Harbor Freight sells a fairly decent TV Camera you can catch for $49 on sale. Fits down a .50 cal Muzzle Loader barrel pretty slick. I bought a small light, Thompson Contender brand I think, I drop down first, works great.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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04/19/18 06:12 PM
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I am no longer allowed to investigate bad odors. At my age that old decomp smell always turns out to be me LOL
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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04/20/18 03:21 PM
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Like that TV commercial, Ya'll went "Nose Blind" LOL
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Odd Decomp smell
[Re: MChewk]
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05/28/18 09:28 PM
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Ooops, I thought I'd better finalize this post ....after all the great input on "what it could be?" After weeks of searching high and low we located an area literally by getting on our hands and knees and sniffing (glad no one had a camera). It turned out to be a wall switch....a very old wall switch. It seems like the place was built in the 30s. What ever wiring or compositites that were used in that switch box, insulating material that wrapped the wires, etc...were heating up when the power was turned on. Never got dangerously hot but still....everything was replaced smell is gone. Another one for the books....thanks for ALL the great input. Nice job.
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