Good morning everyone,
My sister has a problem in her house. There is a sweet, sharp smell in the utility room. At first, we suspected the sewage pipe. A renovation company came and first inspected everything with a camera and then carried out a pipe cleaning. But that didn’t help, everything was fine. Afterwards, they suspected the connection between the HT and KG pipes and lifted the screed in this area, but the seal was professionally installed there as well.
The smell is coming from the empty conduit between the utility room and the garage (230V, 380V cables). Since the conduit ends under the garage and is probably not sealed there, an animal (possibly a mouse or rat) entered and died inside the pipe. The other end (opening in the utility room) was only temporarily sealed with a blob of expanding foam, so the smell spread through the expansion joint between the screed and the wall in the utility room. Well, it is what it is.
What do you think? How should I seal it properly? The basic idea was to block about 30cm (12 inches) inside the pipe with expanding foam. Then, fill the entire pipe and the area where the screed was lifted with a smell-proof sealing compound. Maybe epoxy resin? I hope you can help me.
Regards
My sister has a problem in her house. There is a sweet, sharp smell in the utility room. At first, we suspected the sewage pipe. A renovation company came and first inspected everything with a camera and then carried out a pipe cleaning. But that didn’t help, everything was fine. Afterwards, they suspected the connection between the HT and KG pipes and lifted the screed in this area, but the seal was professionally installed there as well.
The smell is coming from the empty conduit between the utility room and the garage (230V, 380V cables). Since the conduit ends under the garage and is probably not sealed there, an animal (possibly a mouse or rat) entered and died inside the pipe. The other end (opening in the utility room) was only temporarily sealed with a blob of expanding foam, so the smell spread through the expansion joint between the screed and the wall in the utility room. Well, it is what it is.
What do you think? How should I seal it properly? The basic idea was to block about 30cm (12 inches) inside the pipe with expanding foam. Then, fill the entire pipe and the area where the screed was lifted with a smell-proof sealing compound. Maybe epoxy resin? I hope you can help me.
Regards
Thanks Steven, I will take care of it. Really annoying... I can't easily get under the garage.
Well, my sister says the smell has been there for already 2 months. It really takes a long time for it to go away. Therefore, it needs to be sealed airtight, since it cannot be ruled out that something might get in again.
Well, my sister says the smell has been there for already 2 months. It really takes a long time for it to go away. Therefore, it needs to be sealed airtight, since it cannot be ruled out that something might get in again.