| Need Help Solving A House Smell Mystery | |
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| victorgrant | Mar 23 2018, 01:31 PM Post #1 |
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Hello, I thought I would draw upon the collective boggleheads brain trust with a totally random question. Since I purchased my home a few years ago there has been a strange smell and we can’t tell where it is coming from. At first we thought it was the smell of new paint, but when we repainted the interior with an odor absorbing paint, the smell stayed the same. We’ve asked about 20 people (professionals and just friends) if they can smell the odor, and about half say no, and half say yes, and of the yeses, half say it smells bad and half say it is a “new house” smell (although our house is 60+ years old). We always notice the smell when we open the front door and walk into the house. And we can always smell it on our clothes that have been in the closet for a while. (And no, the front door is not by the closet). We think it kind of smells like paint, but who knows at this point. I am completely at a loss for how to figure out the source of the smell. I looked into hiring an industrial hygienist, but they said all they could do was an air sample test, which they said would give us a read-out of the most common chemicals in the air, but would very likely not help us locate the source of the smell. I even googled hiring one of those people with amazing noses (that I've read alcohol companies hire to detect imperfections in their spirit storing techniques)---but I didn't get very far with that (apparently crazy) idea. Obviously my main concern is making sure it isn't something harmful. But since we don’t have any illness symptoms, for the moment I just really want to solve this mystery! Any help will be apprecited. I didn't find the right solution from the Internet. References: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=243788 Digital Video Advertising Thank you. |
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