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How do you get rid of damp soil smell
Anonymous user 01/03/2024 - 2.55 PM
Hi, our lounge is in our basement and everytime it rains we get this awful damp/soil smell. Cannot see any signs of damp/mould but it's just the smell we cannot get rid of. We did have someone come in a while back who tested the basement for damp and said nothing came up but any advice would be great!
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Damp Investigations
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You can’t smell damp ; you can smell fungi .
The source of the odour has to be a poorly ventilated area that contains blossoming fungi . This could be outside and entering through a void or window . It could be a rain water drain that is experiencing a high pressure of gas or air or a gap around pipes in the property that are activated by exterior moisture or humidity .
Finding the source is a process of elimination.
Answered16 May 2021
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Anonymous user
Hi is the floor your sat on solid or suspended and walls if so improve ventilation basements are tricky as there is moisture all around regards sdg
Answered20 May 2021
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