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Comments (13)I also have the smell of urine in my kitchen. My house was built in the 50's and the walls are plaster versus drywall used in homes today. The previous owner had no pets and I don see any entry ways an animal could crawl into the walls and die. I remove the old laminate flooring and replace it with a peel and stick type tile flooring. Could this be the cause of the odor, the peel and stick flooring? Amy suggestions on how to rid the kitchen of this odor?...See MoreRotten egg smell noticed coming from glass tile wall backsplash.
Comments (5)Certainly check for gas leak (NOT with a match! Get your gas company in there to do it professionally!) Otherwise, rotten egg smell is sulfur based. Most likely there was sulfur in the grout or mastic and probably moisture trapped in the install that is now reacting and escaping as gas or growing something that is doing the same. Black spots generally is a fungal or mold growth which also is generally driven by moisture and some food source (like something mistakenly in the grout). Either way, if it is something to do with the tile installation you likely have an explicit warranty in the contract with the builder or else can lean on a State law to that same effect. (Typically 1 year from substantial completion, and sometimes longer for latent defects like this would likely be) Good luck!...See MoreNew house, weird odor
Comments (2)I would bet dollars to doughnuts that the smell is coming from the attic. Animals have a history of ending up in attics. Either living or "dead". The dead part makes the most unusual smells that are hard to pin point. Good luck. Find your self a high-end dust mask, safety goggles and some surgical/latex/rubber gloves and go searching in the attic for your smell. I would bet you will find the reason why the previous owners had to burn scented candles....See Morehelp with smell in a block house
Comments (4)If the house has a crawl space under it you, or someone you pay, will have to take a look under there. It could be a dead animal...or "rot" in the floor joists...or mold...or a leaking sewage pipe. Check out the attic in the same way...look for animal "scat" (poop). There are many possible causes. The good news is that you have a block house...block can't decay....See Moretwelvepole
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