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Anybody here put up fur in their basement? #6303667
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Thinking about purchasing a house with a pretty large unfinished basement, but a small uninsulated garage and no shed that's in town. I'd basically be left with turning my basement into a fur shed. Anyone else do this? I'm a bit worried about smell being a factor leeking into the living quarters of the house. Could it work?

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303672
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i use to,,,,had a woodburner in basement. was ok for us

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303681
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I have a 8x8 she'd that is way too small and uninsulated and my wife let me use the basement the past few years and she has only complained once about a male coyote that was a bit strong. But it's nice for me cause the kids are comfortable in the basement and they like to be there when we put up fur.

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303684
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I skin and will put up rats and beaver in the basement.Seeing that I make my Moundmaster beaver lure in the basement-my family is used to castor smell in the house.
When my daughter would open the door,when she got home from college--she would always say--smells like I'm home.
One time my sister in law came in the door,she asked my wife -what that smell was.My wife replied--smells like money to me.
Others may not love castor like I do--LOL.Best smell on earth.
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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303688
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Put a dehumidifier down there.
Lot of fur been put up in basements.

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303689
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I have used my basement to dry fur a few times but that's about it. I'd be curious if there would be a problem with bringing fleas in, although it's probably not much different than them Jumping All Over You in the garage and coming in the house anyhow LOL.

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yep, and had a lil fan sucking out odors thru that lil baby window.


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303700
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Always have with very few bad instances.

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303710
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As long as you don't have high humidity your good in a basement.
Scrape your fur clean and there will be little or no smell from drying fur,unless you dry a lot all at once.The biggest drawback of processing fur in a basement is hauling carcasses up and down stairs.If you can skin and scrape in the garage and just dry in the basement you'll be stylin.

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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303713
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I do most of my skinning elsewhere but do all my fleshing and put up in my basement. I have a dehumidifier and keep a fan running when I have pelts in process.


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303730
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I put up beaver in my basement in the winter months.


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303738
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I have to draw the line at skinning. But I use my basement to dry Peltz. And yeah there's an odor. But it's not much by my standards. I skin and flesh and do everything else in my uninsulated two car garage. I use a space heater


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303790
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Man it all stinks don't think I'd want that in my house people walk in my fur shed and their eyes get as big as dinner plates! LOL

Think I'd get an old lawn barn shed and run power to it and a heater that would save you a lot of grief.


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303799
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i use to if the basement is to warm the rats can get a little dark .that is how my wife knew it xmas time . i use unheated shed the fur drys it takes longer but flesh side is nice and red thay will freeze so make sure that are dry

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303801
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Basement?? Heck, when I was a kid my mom let me dry beaver in the living room.

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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303862
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I have been doing it for 30 years now .I will sometimes do my skinning in my garage if I have a rather smelly critter . Than let it air out a little before I finish the process in the basement .

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303870
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I put up all my furs in the basement since I trap,I skin and all in the basement included skunks and any thing else.When it is too cold out side to do up a deer that would be done also in the basement.Also did the cleaning of chickens also after taken the feathers off. I use the heat from the furnace that heat the house and a fan to help dry the furs.If someone complain about the smell they know where the door is.


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303877
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Funny how there are threads every year about controlling fleas, etc. Then we get a thread about, how to introduce fleas/lice into your home. crazy


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303887
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used to,wife put a stop to it,no more mink, skin a couple of them downstairs and she'll let you build a shed.be careful don't cut the glands. wink

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: trapperkeck] #6303906
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Originally Posted By: trapperkeck
Funny how there are threads every year about controlling fleas, etc. Then we get a thread about, how to introduce fleas/lice into your home. crazy
I do not worry about fleas ect. .as long it is not on my coydog I do not worry about it.I do put flea and tick control on him.


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303914
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It is not a problem for me. Just keep and eye on fleas and especially ticks.

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Most of mine goes through the freezer after skinning before it is fleshed and stretched. Otherwise, ticks could be a problem on canines especially. If I am going to put canines up fresh, I bag and bug spray them before skinning.


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303923
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I haven't since my wife found a couple fleas on her from it, 35 years ago!

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303936
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That ain’t happening here....they ain’t called a fur shed for nothing...The rats and mice can play out there......


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6303992
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Living in rural Ak lumber cost an arm and a leg so for the first 20 yrs i was married I never had a shed all fur was skinned and put up in the house no basement so mostly skinned on living room floor everything from weasels to wolves fur was generally strecjed in the bathroom someplace I have a pictures of most of this including a bathtub full of beaver otter and a fox on top thawing out from the sled ride home. ya there is some smells that come with it but they can be kept minimal can’t do anything with a green bellies fox other than skin as quick as humanly possible and get the carcass bagged and out the door . My wifes dad was a trapper and he never did have a shed so it helped that she was use to it . It also helps that i give her all my fur every year to sew with😁


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6304034
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My wife is tolerant to a lot of things I do. But processing fur in the house would be grounds for a divorce.

When I was a teenage trapper. We sold to a local buyer (Cashous Silbaugh) that processed everything he bought in the basement of his small house. there were lots of strong smells emanating from that place. I can only imagine what the next buyers of that house thought? Probably were thinking Jeffery Dallmer was living there? Must have cleaned up ok, cuz the place is still standing today.

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My basement is my base of operations. Never had a complaint from my wife or anyone else who has visited about smells. Keep all my lures, baits and urines down there as well. I think th ebest thing you can do is to keep it clean. I had running water and a sink put in, I had floor drains. After I finish skinning for the day, pelts go in the freezer or to the fleshing beam, and I clean up everything throroughly. I do not need that fight with my wife, and I do not like the thought of rotting flesh in my house. So I clean up and I dispose of carcasses, daily. Never had an issue with smells with this practice. As they say "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" grin


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^^^^^ That's the way to do it.


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Lots of Fan action while drying

Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6304062
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You can be the cleanest person in the world and all that but your still going to smell the leather and fatty oils of drying fur throughout the house. My drying room is half of my garage framed out room, insulated and all that but if I don’t have the attic door open so that those smells can air out I can smell it in the house, and my Wife sure can too lol, especially when I have some skulls goin in the beetle tanks, the furs not that strong to me at all but the wife hates it. I can imagine doing it underneath my house let alone in it, it’s not a stinky rotten smell just an certain oil, grease, leather smell. Y’all know


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Re: Anybody here put up fur in their basement? [Re: Nostalgia] #6304075
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If you keep things clean in the processing room,and dry the fur in a cold room at about 10c there are no smells.

The only smell is if you nick a mink or weasel gland.


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Hubby used to do his fur in the basement of our old house and it was never a problem. He bagged and sprayed for fleas and kept the room very clean.


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