How to get rid of "Old House" smell.
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If you have a 2-story house...you are pretty much doomed.
Our house is 90 years old. We had a new air conditioner, heater, air cleaner installed, and our ducts and return airs SUPER cleaned, three different times in as many weeks, thinking the DUCTWORK was the odor...and in part there was some awful stuck junk that they got out. BUT the smell was there. BETWEEN the downstairs ceiling and upstairs floor...where the upstairs’ heating and return air ductwork is. Everytime the heater was used, the dead, hideous smell puked outa the heater vents. So the disturbed dirt, dust, mouse droppings and possibly dead rodents from 90-years of WHATEVER goes on between the floors....that was loosened by the duct cleaning (their instrments REALLY pounded the insides of our ancient ductwork) was being heated by the uninsulated ductwork. But it wasn’t just the ducts...it was the ANCIENT dust. Because some of the mostly incased ceiling/floor dust sprinkled onto my gas water heater gas jets...from upstairs in the not-very-well-sealed utility closet and everytime the water heater came on...the smell was unbearable.
ALSO after every visit from the duct-cleaning crew my enclosed back porch and laundry room was VOVEREC in stinky debris....the we THOUGHT was coming from plugged ductwork. But it wasn’t. It came through the ceiling ... the wooden shiplap ceiling planks had slightly shrunk and separated and at every seam...ancient dust was trikling out because the ductwork had been rattked and disturbed the dust. Sooo we are going to seal or cover up the beautiful ship lap...and encae the stench.
The only other solution is to remove all our downstairs ceilings...and clean out between floors and replace with new sheetrock! Not gonna do that. Well, already did that in the kitchen...nightmare...but done.
We hadda clean the attic of dead bats, mice, birds and even a partial ROOF that was up there!
There are iffy ‘solutions’ but the best advice is. Buy new! Have ALL ductwork and plumbing accessible ... never buy a two-story house.
SORRY, I am still living my nightmare. Hoping the tightened up ceiling will hide the stench...I am not too confident!
Hello, hope this helps you out.
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Hello, hope this link helps you out.
https://www.moldremedies.com/old-house-smell-what-is-it-and-how-do-you-get-rid-of-it/#:~:text=An%20open%20container%20of%20baking,excess%20moisture%20in%20the%20air.
I would look for what is causing the smell. Until that is fixed or elimimated this will continue.
But in general get a good air cleaner and change filters as needed.
Natures Mircacle is a good cleaner to remove stink.
Essentail oil machines also are good and you can get creative with scent combos.