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On Apr 24, 4:23 am, "Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBL...@ncf.ca>
wrote:
> <fripplet...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:1177375831.513803.260350@b58g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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> > I keep a clean house and have a sharp sense of smell. I have eliminated
> > all possible sources of a horrid mysterious odor inside and cleaned
> > house like a crazy person. It strikes me as a really dirty litter pan
> > odor but we do not have pets. The wierd odor is still in the house and
> > seems to come from the attic but we cannot see anything.
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> This post omits likely sources:
> 1. In some places, animals such as squirrels or
> raccoons can move in (and die and stink.) In other
> places this does not happen.
> 2. All ordinary houses have a "stack vent" to exhaust
> sewer gas, usually above roof level. The vent can
> be blocked, but this is rare. More often, local climatic
> conditions prevent the sewer gases from dispersing the
> way they usually do.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
If there is a large type critter up there (think squirrel), there will
be running tracks all over the blown-in insulation, something like a
drunken snowmobiler. Smaller critters might be able to stay under the
insulation.
I've no idea how to get rid of them though. I moved out before the
battle was over..
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Re: Sudden unbearable stench from attic
