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Marie221324 Feb 2021 11:26Hello,
I know this is a home construction forum, but I am at a loss and hope to get some helpful advice.
For a few days now, there has been a smell of stale beer/marijuana in the bedroom of my partner and me. We have searched everywhere and found nothing. It is absolutely certain that the cause is not related to these substances.
Now, I smelled the walls (sounds strange, I know) and noticed that a slanted wall smells strongly of this. It is the "sun wall" on the upper floor. The house is about 70 years old.
What could be causing this? Do we need to open up the wall? Could it be mold or maybe a decomposing animal?
I am at a loss.
Thank you in advance!
I know this is a home construction forum, but I am at a loss and hope to get some helpful advice.
For a few days now, there has been a smell of stale beer/marijuana in the bedroom of my partner and me. We have searched everywhere and found nothing. It is absolutely certain that the cause is not related to these substances.
Now, I smelled the walls (sounds strange, I know) and noticed that a slanted wall smells strongly of this. It is the "sun wall" on the upper floor. The house is about 70 years old.
What could be causing this? Do we need to open up the wall? Could it be mold or maybe a decomposing animal?
I am at a loss.
Thank you in advance!
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Marie221324 Feb 2021 12:01Zaba12 schrieb:
I’m having déjà vu.
There was a similar thread last year.
Just try searching. I don’t have the result handy anymore. I searched through the entire thread but couldn’t find an answer. My situation is a bit different. I was able to roughly locate the source of the smell (the wall), but I have no idea why, after living here for 5 years, it suddenly started smelling like marijuana.
Marie2213 schrieb:
I noticed that a sloping wall has a very strong smell.What exactly is a sloping wall?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Marie221324 Feb 2021 14:0211ant schrieb:
What is a slanted wall?I meant a sloped roof... A wall that is angled. Sorry, I’m not an expert.Marie2213 schrieb:
I meant a sloping roof...Ah, a sloping roof in a house about seventy years old (so around 1950). At that time, the rafters (layman’s term: roof beams) usually had battens attached on the outside to hold roof tiles or shingles, while inside, due to post-war circumstances, various boards or panels were used quite irregularly, and there was nothing between the rafters. As a result, in summer it becomes like a sauna, and in winter a refrigerator—if not, then the construction is no longer "original," and someone still alive would know what was done. Is there only a smell without any moisture or discoloration of the materials? You would probably see something if you photographed that sloping roof (I assume not, otherwise you wouldn’t start searching by sniffing around). Speaking of sniffing: are there pets—and how do they react to the smell?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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