Originally Posted by
hstinhous
I finally figured our problem out!! Our guest bathroom, sitting room, and upstairs rooms all had a skunky, stinky smell that came and went. We only smelled it on the days when the air wasn't running. Our house is less than a year old, we had the builder over and he was perplexed. The 3 rooms were not connected by anything heating/air or plumbing wise. Looked and looked and could not pinpoint the smell. Finally it occured to me that the one thing all 3 rooms had in common was their paint color. It is the paint. If you put your nose to the wall it has a wretched stinky smell. Maybe it is a chemical reaction with drywall or something. The paint brand is Pittsburg paint, it doesn't smell in the can only applied on the wall in that particular color. I hope this helps someone find the soultion to their problem, I am convinced this is the cause of ours.