Horrible Smell

Slinky_Malinky

Was the laminate floor fitted after the leak had been repaired? If not, then water could be trapped beneath it and would be pretty rancid by now.

SplanK

Check the fridge drain... if you had a milk leak in the fridge it could have leaked through the drain hole

We had a smell for ages that we could not figure out where it was coming from, it smelt as though it was in the front room and could not smell anything from the sink.... but one day I plugged up the drain and smell went away!

Another one was we had a house plant which started to really smell bad.

meer53

I get a similar smell in my bedroom sometimes. I have a flat roof and my roofer told me that it's when the insulation gets wet, it smells like pee ! If your ceiling came down, it's probably still damp up there. Are you sure the leak was stopped ? It might still be leaking.

keystone

lalaland11 wrote: »

Im not sure as was painted before we moved in

I had the impression that the leak occured after you moved in and the ceiling had since been repaired. So my question was directed at the paint used after the repair.

Cheers

keystone

Ok certain Crown Paints have this horrible tendency to smell of wee or a rotting damp cloth and it can go on for eons after the paint has been applied. Crown couldn't find out why and took to blaming the substrate but eventually succombed and made extensive tests. But they still ain't solved it and this has been going on for at least 2 years!

Repaint the offending area with an alkali based primer and repaint but use another brand.

HTH

Cheers

Slinky_Malinky

I don`t think the water would dry out if it is trapped beneath your laminate. The reason I asked this is because I had a similar leak when I first bought my house - I had to take up the laminate flooring and underneath it smelled like the dirtiest public lavvy you could imagine. I was heaving as I pulled it up and the smell lingered for days while the floor dried out.


I also agree with keystone regarding the Crown paint. I have one bedroom painted in this and it stinks like cat pee, Crown did not want to know about it. It smells worse when you have opened the windows and let in fresh air, not sure quite why. When I get chance I will be painting it with alkali resisting primer and using Dulux as usual.

Oh dear, reading the two paragraphs above I sound like the Frank Spencer of home owners...:o