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?

i use to,,,,had a woodburner in basement. was ok for us

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.

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.
Tom

Put a dehumidifier down there.
Lot of fur been put up in basements.

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.

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

Always have with very few bad instances.

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.

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.

I put up beaver in my basement in the winter months.

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

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.

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

Basement?? Heck, when I was a kid my mom let me dry beaver in the living room.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.