Recently we started smelling an odor that resembles skunk. I would walk outside and it seems to trigger the smell. I've aired out my house for about three days now. I wake up to it and puke in the morning because it's so pungent. I can't stand it anymore, it's getting worse and now I can smell it coming out of my kitchen sink. It seems to be spreading. Please what do I do to fix this problem?
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Getting smells out of drains.
Step 1
Put one cup of baking soda with 1 cup of vinegar in the drain allow to bubble 10 minutes.
Step 2
Follow that up with a boiling hot kettle of water.
Step 3
Place lemon rinds in ones with a garbage disposal.
Step 4
Run the tap for about 5 minutes to dislodge anything that is stuck.
Step 5
Inspect the trap beneath the drain for debris if odor is still a problem.
Step 6
Turn off the water and place a bucket beneath the U-shaped pipe beneath the sink.
Step 7
Loosen the retaining nuts holding the pipe in place and remove it from the drain.
Step 8
Clean out any debris in the pipe and replace it before using the sink again.
It sounds to me like you should get a professional exterminator to check it out.
My daughter had the same problem in her house. You mentioned it smelled like skunk. Well, it actually turned out to be just that. A dead skunk in between the paneling and the insulation of the kitchen wall. She had to get an exterminator to open a hole in the wall and remove the skunk.
Good luck on finding your problem.
It certainly sounds like you have a dead animal in your wall, ceiling or under your floor as this is the absolute worse smell imaginable and can last for several days to weeks - according to the size of the dead animal.
There are some products you can buy to help eliminate the odor.
These are sold at some hardware stores, feed stores, on-line (Amazon and others).
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