My apartment reeks

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And I don't know why. It's day three of the smell. We've cleaned the carpet, we've washed the dog, I've febreezed the fuck out of things.

It's not like a rotting smell, it's more of an old smell is that makes sense.

What the hell is it? If I can't figure it out by the weekend I'm hiring a cleaning crew.

[daisyheadmaizie]

Try setting out some bowls with baking soda in them to collect the odor. I think bowls of vinegar are supposed to work also.

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He can smell it too. It's hard to say if it's one spot because it is kind of an open concept apartment, so everything kind of melds together.

The only thing I know is it's not in the bedroom, which leaves the living/dining/kitchen.

I clean the kitchen nightly and deep clean it weekly, so it can't be that.

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Thanks daisie! I'll try that tonight!! I'm getting desperate and it makes me gag.

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Lol Ash, I do technically smell it stronger than he does.

BUT IT IS REAL.

[orangeblossom]

This is random, but do you have any old potatoes in a cupboard/pantry that you may forgotten about? Rotten potatoes stink to high heaven.

[shostakovich]

Do you have an in-unit washer/dryer? Could the washer be smelly? Are either of you wearing some new shoes that could be particularly smelly?

[shostakovich]

Jan 23, 2013 18:19:22 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

This is random, but do you have any old potatoes in a cupboard/pantry that you may forgotten about? Rotten potatoes stink to high heaven.

YES - This is one of my top five worst smells.  And I always have no idea what it is until the moment of discovery.

[missajane]

Could something be in the sink drain?  

One time DH left a container of chocolate milk in my car.  It somehow got caught up under the driver seat.  NOT on the floor, like up in.  We could NOT find the smell for a month.  Then found this container after super serious searching.  I was SOOOO mad at him.  He had to clean my car for 6 months as punishment.

[pedanticwench]

Is there anything rotten in the fridge?

[loveday]

My parents house gets mice that make nests between the walls and then die. It is the grossest smell I have ever smelt.

[midnightrae]

Light a candle, take out the trash, double check the pantry, put a slice of lemon in the garbage disposal, and check the washing machine and any wet towels or rugs in the bathroom or by the sink.

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No potatoes.

I change towels out and wash them every other day. The bath mats don't seem wet to the touch.

I do the clean wash cycle for my washing machine with bleach every two weeks since H has some disgusting shit on his clothes from swamps from work sometimes and we only have one washer/dryer set at the moment.

H just got home and said he didn't smell it. WTF.

[sawyerthedestroyer]

Are all of your neighbors alive and accounted for?

[missajane]

Jan 23, 2013 18:21:33 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

 Sniff under their doors lol.

I am dying thinking of someone going around sniffing under people's doors.

Like tears in my eyes.

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Fridge is good, there's an exterminator coming Friday to check stuff out (they're with the complex, they do a monthly check as part of the rent I didn't ring them) so maybe they'll have some answers.

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Umm, not sure if my neighbors are dead or alive.

My assumption is alive.

[daisyheadmaizie]

Jan 23, 2013 18:26:36 GMT -5 sawyerthedestroyer said:

Are all of your neighbors alive and accounted for?

Our downstairs neighbor died and wasn't found for over a week. The smell was so awful, and it took weeks to get rid of. True story.

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I'm on the first floor, my only connected wall is with another young married couple.

Oooh, what if she killed him a la Snapped.

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Daisy! That's awful.

[TrickyBob]

Is anything in your place leaking? Check in closets, the washer hoses, the sink pipes. Do you have a water heater/set up in a closet? Could it be leaking? You could be smelling mold that is in a wall or something.

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Thanks moonbeam! I hadn't even thought of that, I'll check the heater closet and see what's what!

[sailorgray]

We had a terrible smell in our old apt and it ended up being mold in the back of the closet. I would check places that you don't see on a daily basis.

[fuckyourcouch]

is the wind blowing west? it might be humble.

[adeledog]

I was going to suggest checking under the sinks....kitchen,bathroom, utility, etc, for leaks. Our dishwasher leaked under our kitchen sink once without us knowing it and it reaked until we found the source of the smell.

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Lol Nama and FYC.

Nama, you seriously might have to come over and help me absolve this.