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We've been living in the same home for over 6 years. It's a normal, modern home & we keep it clean. Maybe 6 months ago, this strange smell appeared in my daughter's bedroom. It's a combination of musk, fish & just plain stink. Sometimes it only lasts for a few minutes, sometimes hours, sometimes days. Then, it goes away without a trace. It may stay away for days or even a week. But, then it comes back. It's strong.
We've sniffed everything in the room, including my daughter & can't identify a particular item or even an area of the room where it seems to originate.
hello all.
just want to add to my last post. my ex partners fathers mother was deceased at the time we were told what the smell was by the spiritualist.
i think that the smells some people are experiencing may be down to air-con, electrics etc.
but i do beleive that a handfull of people who posted on this site have experienced the same smell as myself, and i beleive it to be a smell of supernatural properties or a dimension that we have not yet discovered.
the smell was so powerfull that it would make me heave, it had a rotten fishy, warm smell, and would be concentrated to a small area.
we would just walk into it and the hairs stood up on my back everytime. it would go as quick as it came and not everyone could smell it.
i would love to know the answers to this smell, but i beleive that it will always be a mystery and shall be experienced by many people all over the world.
whether supernatural, or alien, you know when you got it and theres no cure.
good luck all.
This happened to us when we had someone else living in our basement.We even tore out walls looking for the smell.It ended up being one of those diaper genies that the lady of the house filled up and forgot about it,,this lasted for a few months before we found the cause.I hope you find it ,there is nothing worse then a bad smell that you can't find.
first off, i am glad it is not your daughter, that made me laugh when i read it. have you inspected your plumbing? could be a sewage smell from a leaking pipe. i will tell you that the water from a kitchen, or bathroom sink, or bath tub, or washer machine is some of the worst smelling "waste water".
Have your plumbing checked out. and if there is moisture under the house, you can use powdered lime to help with the smell until it goes away. lime is hazardous to your lungs, so wear eye and breathing protection.
has anyone checked the plumbing vents to make sure they are not clogged? again it may not be sewage from the toilets, but from all the other drains , that usually smells worst than the sewage from toilets.
I have a foul acrid odor in my house off and on. I thought it was a skunk in the attic but it's not that. I notice it more when I turn the air conditioner on. It's so bad that it burns your eyes, gives you a headache and makes you feel very lethargic.Someone told me that my airconditioning pipes in the attic could be leaking. Would it smell like that? It will go away for about a week and then it's back for days on end. Anyone have any suggestions?
I've experienced the gross fishy smell on three occassions, once at work - when it culminated in the extension lead catching fire, the 2nd and 3rd time I was aware and found the culprit quickly. Best test is to put all electricals off, then gradually re-introduce after checking all for any signs of overheating.
We have a horrendous smell in our attic, I'm pinning my hopes on it being caused by a damp area behind the chimney where two tiles are leaking. It permeates everything in the loft, we pulled all items out to see if was being caused by a bunch of christmas decorations or suitcase, but although they stunk when bought down they soon returned to normal when out of the loft. I'm half expecting to find a fungus growing up there at some point as that's the kind of smell it is and it does seem to worsen when the weather is damp, as this summer has been.
If it goes in the next 3 weeks then I'll know that the builders fixing of the tile and pointing has done the trick.
check to see if there is something electrical that is overheating. Electical elements overheating (possibly affecting the plastic casing) causes and awful fishy smell. If it's intermittent check what's changed next time it happens.
I'm a plumber and I deal with this sort of thing all the time.
If you sniffed around and can't find the source, it could be coming from up above.
Is there an attic above the room? It's also possible that a small rodent could be nesting somewhere between the walls and defecating.
Another possibility is that if something like milk may have spilt on the carpet or on the fabric of furniture it will release an odor and will become more severe on some occasions than others, depending on the temperature and humidity of the room.
There is a new product on the market, and I highly recommend. It's called Room Shocker. It will illuminate any severe odor in a 500 square-foot area by decontaminating the room of any odor causing mold, mildew, bacteria, fungus or even chemical compounds. The stuff is pretty amazing. It will get rid of the odor and sanitize the room. But first, I recommend you make sure the source of the problem isn't a rodent between the walls. If you search the internet under dead animal removal you will find several specialist in your area that can come out and assess it for you for a fee. The other way to go is try the Room Shocker first. It will most likely take care of the problem and if it doesn't the website offers a money back guarantee. So you get a refund and then call the dead animal removal service.
I'm a plumber and I deal with this sort of thing all the time.
If you sniffed around and can't find the source, it could be coming from up above.
Is there an attic above the room? It's also possible that a small rodent could be nesting somewhere between the walls and defecating.
Another possibility is that if something like milk may have spilt on the carpet or on the fabric of furniture it will release an odor and will become more severe on some occasions than others, depending on the temperature and humidity of the room.
There is a new product on the market, and I highly recommend. It's called Room Shocker. It will illuminate any severe odor in a 500 square-foot area by decontaminating the room of any odor causing mold, mildew, bacteria, fungus or even chemical compounds. The stuff is pretty amazing. It will get rid of the odor and sanitize the room. But first, I recommend you make sure the source of the problem isn't a rodent between the walls. If you search the internet under dead animal removal you will find several specialist in your area that can come out and assess it for you for a fee. The other way to go is try the Room Shocker first. It will most likely take care of the problem and if it doesn't the website offers a money back guarantee. So you get a refund and then call the dead animal removal service.
I'm a plumber and I deal with this sort of thing all the time.
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