My House Smells - update - found the culprit lol

~*sierra*~ · #1 January 26th, 2010, 05:49 AM

And I have no idea what is causing the smell!!!

Maybe its partly preggo nose but i have a feeling most of my day will be pulling apart my kitchen because it is just SICK in there. i'm borderline gagging just sitting in my living room (its a small space). everything LOOKS clean & all the garbages were taken out last night, but where is this friggin smell coming from?!?! i feel like its from either behind the stove, or inside my garbarator....anyones garbarator ever rot?

Angelaosaurus-rex · #2 January 26th, 2010, 05:50 AM

I bet its DH's feet! Go smell them! The same thing happened to me when I was pregnant!

~*sierra*~ · #3 January 26th, 2010, 05:53 AM

he's at work! he has pretty lady feet anyways, literally they are beautiful lol

#4 January 26th, 2010, 05:53 AM

Hahahaha Angela!

I think I may be just starting to lose my preggo super smell. It is terrible. Sounds like it could be a dead rat in the wall though. Can DH smell it too?

~*sierra*~ · #5 January 26th, 2010, 05:55 AM

yes he smells it too - i think its just worse for me. omg if a mouse died in my wall (again - that happened to me when i lived in another building before) i will freak out.

Angelaosaurus-rex · #6 January 26th, 2010, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ~*sierra*~

he's at work! he has pretty lady feet anyways, literally they are beautiful lol

LOL lucky! Chris' feet are far from beautiful!

♥Ashley♥ · #7 January 26th, 2010, 07:06 AM

Ewwww! I hope you figure out what it is!!!

Mars · #8 January 26th, 2010, 07:19 AM

I have no idea but something may be dead in there or perhaps under the house. You'll probably need to call someone to find out what it is. I hope you do find it soon.

*Amy* · #9 January 26th, 2010, 07:35 AM

Have you tried rinsing vinegar down your sink? Sinks can get yucky and that'll help get rid of the smell if that's where it's coming from.

I hope you find it soon because that would drive me nuts!

LisanAndy · #10 January 26th, 2010, 07:43 AM

Ick! I hope you figure it out!!

Chelnae6 · #11 January 26th, 2010, 08:06 AM

I have these lemon ball drops that I put into my garabe disposal every few weeks. Got it from Lowes or Home Depot. But you can also go to Walmart and get it. Its little round lemon balls that you drop in there, run water and turn on the garbage disposal and it keeps it from smelling.

Frozendesire · #12 January 26th, 2010, 08:27 AM

Oh the same thing happened to me!!!!! DH couldn't smell it though. It was HORRID!!!!

One night I was sleeping and could all of a sudden smell it SUPER strong but went back to sleep. Apparently DH found it in the fridge and took it out. It was some sorta left over that was over looked a couple times while cleaning out the fridge. It was nasty. Thankfully DH found it.

I actually cleaned my fridge the second I got a BFP lol.

sara~b · #13 January 26th, 2010, 09:17 AM

I can smell everything too. We do super cleaning like every weekend now. Try sanitizing your garbage cans and scrubbing out any food that may have spilled over the bag into the can. Also, check Chile. Shane has to bathe our dogs about once every 2 weeks now or else I can't stand them. Ummm, what else? I agree with Steph about cleaning out the fridge. Wipe it down inside with lysol or something too and put a box of baking soda inside. If you have carpet then get that vacuum-up carpet freshener and use it. Febreze has been a godsend for me. It covers up just about any smell for at least an hour or so. Freshen and wash all the fabrics in your home. I know our curtains and couch cover were issues for me at first. I washed them all and now I Febreze them regularly and I don't have many issues. I wash our bed and Gemma's every weekend no matter what now too. I took all of our non-machine-washable coats to the dry cleaners because I realized they smelled a little bit like BO and I washed the rest. I put good-smelling sachets in all our drawers and closests. Oh, and cleaned our microwave. Shane never covers anything he puts in there and it's always covered with food! I would try having DH put draino down all the drains too because clogs can make water back up and smell. And get what Chelle recommended for your garbage disposal. If I come up with anything else I will let you know! I hope it gets better soon!

~*sierra*~ · #14 January 26th, 2010, 09:19 AM

yes i gotta go thru the fridge too.......wish me luck, the quest to find the stink begins!

i will def get those lemon balls next time im at lowes, thanks chelle

~*sierra*~ · #15 January 26th, 2010, 03:24 PM

WOW - so i figured out what was smelling.
First of all - its now official, i have the worst case of pregnancy brain ever.
I left like a whole bunch of dirty pots & pans inside the oven. A whole thing of gravy & some leftover cauliflower has been rotting in there since last thursday! We had company and i shoved it in there for a quick fix after dinner....oh my.
My fridge is the cleanest its ever been now though!

*Amy* · #16 January 26th, 2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*sierra*~

WOW - so i figured out what was smelling.
First of all - its now official, i have the worst case of pregnancy brain ever.
I left like a whole bunch of dirty pots & pans inside the oven. A whole thing of gravy & some leftover cauliflower has been rotting in there since last thursday! We had company and i shoved it in there for a quick fix after dinner....oh my.
My fridge is the cleanest its ever been now though!

Oh my goodness! I'm glad you figured it out but yucky!! That made me gag just thinking about it.

~*sierra*~ · #17 January 26th, 2010, 03:43 PM

yeah wierdly enough i was so relieved to realize that it wasnt a dead mouse rotting in the wall that i just grabbed it and washed it/put it in the dishwasher right away. the smell didnt even bother me that much!