OK I have a STINKY situation HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!


 
Steve Hoch said:
Larry, that hole is for sure big enough for mice to get into, but maybe not big enough to get out of when they have grown.
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Well the plan will be to stick the camera in there. See where that leads. Then caulk it up or cement it up.

Maybe I will see about that portland cement trick. Sprinkle some on the floor. Is it safe to use a shop vac to vacuum it up before I put the carpet back?
 
LMichaels said:
Maybe I will see about that portland cement trick. Sprinkle some on the floor. Is it safe to use a shop vac to vacuum it up before I put the carpet back?
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It's silica dust, you don't want to breathe it.
Specialty vacs with hepa filters we used when drilling and cutting concrete.
 
Funny story, when my son was a kid his bedroom had a horrible smell. We looked as each day it got worse. He said he didn’t smell anything! Finally I looked under his bed and found a tray of chicken guts from the previous week dinner. The cat must have gotten it and dragged it to his room. 😂 Problem solved. I feel your pain! We thought we had to move. 😵‍💫
 
Another funny story, my dad said he had a rat in his garage. It seemed like as long as I can remember he had a box of Decon on the work bench. After he passed I was cleaning out the garage and found a huge bright yellow rat flat as a pancake under his lumber stack. Apparently the rat was eating the poison that wasn't strong enough to kill but keep him alive and well except for the color change :ROFLMAO:. So unknowing my dad had a pet rat!
 
You “could” cut an “inspection panel” in the wall then use molding to reframe it when you put section of drywall back?🤔

Yes, I AM a charter member of the PPC (P—-Poor Carpenters)😁
 
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Daughter's BF came here today with some type of deodorant chemical they use at Stanley Steemerr who he works for. Shot it around the house. Still have ionizer/ozone generator going and the air purifier. I also sprinkled all the baking soda I had in a bowl on the wood floor. Just checked. I'll be buttered and called a biscuit I think it's dissipating. 🤞 🤞 🤞 🤞 🤞 🤞
Just packing up to leave. I charged the battery on the O3 generator. It should be able to continue running that way until some time tomorrow AM.
Maybe I'll come home to a not smelly house? Still gonna run the larger O3 generator and do the inspection camera. But MAYBE my week long ordeal is coming to a close
 
I had a similar situation when a mouse got into the wall in our half bath and died. On the other side of the wall was a coat closet, and the small size of the closet, plus the fact that the door stayed closed most of the time, concentrated the smell inside of the closet. If I recall correctly we just periodically sprayed the inside of the closet (after removing the contents) with Lysol spray (which had proven its worth one summer when I left a package of squid in the trunk of my car over a weekend of 90 degree temperatures) and waited for nature to take its course.
 
Well a report. We got home and the closet was still quite smelly. I also tried the inspection camera in that hole I pictured. Behind the brick veneer it's still solid wall no holes. I will seal that up but even that little camera probe could not see or travel in any deeper than just to the back of the brick(s).
Now I did hook up that larger O3/UV generator . Closed the door and let it run about 40 minutes. Aired out the O3 and smell seems gone. It may likely come back some, so I will run the O3 generator off. and on another day or so. But I THINK that O3 unit may be doing the trick
 
Well I've done 3 short O3 runs, Then airing it out. Way better. Plan of attack tomorrow is get the shop vac and vacuum up the baking soda on the floor, and put down a fresh batch. I think hitting it with short but intense bursts of ozone generator air out, then another short burst etc.
 
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