Removing a smell from my home

gadget88

The smell has improved but seems to be coming from the tumble dryer. I am surprised a smell can stick so much put air fresheners in every corner of the house. My fear is this smell won’t shift I am glad I removed the wrap as smell an instant improvement but still  lingering scents 

gadget88

Still a bit of a smell in the dryer not sure if it will eventually go? Tried tumble dryer sheets no joy

Doozergirl

I'm not sure what you're smelling but it can't be from a man smoking a cigarette over 10 days ago?  

I used to work for the company that wraps London Taxis in vinyl advertisements, and wrapped our own kitchen in 'American Airlines silver' so I know exactly what wrap smells like, and I can't abide cigarette smoke, but in my tumble dryer?  

gadget88

I have smelt 3 different smells 

The smoke smell went a week or so ago

My tumble dryer smells musty now that has not gone no idea why? Cleaned it out?

Still a sweet stale smell. Not sure if it’s off vinyl? 

gadget88

So the smell is worse with heat. Tumble dryer and heating on. So what could cause it? It only arrived after the wrap was done. I removed that wrap and got another but still the smells remain. Is it going to be a full new kitchen?

gadget88

So I got a new tumble dryer as the musty smell wouldn’t leave. Also had a new wrap. I can’t smell much anymore but occasionally I get odd wiff. No idea what it is? Glue from the wrap? Ideally I’d not rip the entire worktops out as it’s been quoted at £600 for that job for me. Plus there’s removing the cooker to do it seems a lot of hassle. To actually smell these worktops I can’t smell a thing so I have no idea why i get the odd wiff of something?

gadget88

JohnB47 said:

I understand that this is a really big problem for you but I would suggest giving it a bit of time to resolve itself. I've had similar issues in the past, after building work, but much more minor in nature. I've found that given time, they fade. I'd suggest that you give it a week or two before you think of making a change.

Yes I mean it’s better but get the odd wiff of something not sure how long it could take to go? Can smells catch onto worktops? Seems strange when I can’t smell anything off it