A haggis escaped on Burns Night and scent marked the room
Och ya wee numpty
Smell in bedroom. Gas like but not gas
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Och ya wee numpty
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Faulty junction box under the floorboards giving off a strange smell.
Andy
Andy
Andy could be right
Will have a look tomorrow. Strange the smell hovers mid room....argghhhh
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I thought about that. Had one recently where custard mentioned a smell in a cupboard. Turned out to be a bad connection in a heavy duty switch for the leccie shower.
Was more of a fishy smell though, as the plastic around the terminal warmed up. Not really gassy.
do you have gas fire ? concealed boiler flue ? do you suffer any symptons on top of the bad smell ? radon gas ?
Had this once with gas smell but only when heating on. Turned out something had be spilt down back of radiator and would only smell when hot.
Had me searching everywhere for a leak.
Had me searching everywhere for a leak.
This is all the time - worse if room has been closed. Even with window open still there but hangs mid room. Going to lift a floorboard or two tonight.
Would there be drainage/vent pipes in the loft (there is a bathroom next door)
Could be something from the bathroom. Is the bath or shower against the wall of the bedroom? If so I would be looking at damp getting through.
Shower is against far away wall.
I had a look outside - there is a pipe from the gutter to the main soil pipe, a join from the downstairs loo to the soil pipe but nothing for the upstairs bathroom. Will that be plumbed to the pipework directly below?
The soil pipe goes into the soffit and there is a roof vent. No pipes go near the bedroom with the smell.
Lifted floorboards and no smell or sign of what could be the cause.
Need to look in the attic next, I did see a small plastic pipe that goes from the soffit to outside, is that a vent? Any other pipework likely to be up there? There is a slight musty smell but not gas like......
Enough to drive you nuts I tell ya
The soil pipe goes into the soffit and there is a roof vent. No pipes go near the bedroom with the smell.
Lifted floorboards and no smell or sign of what could be the cause.
Need to look in the attic next, I did see a small plastic pipe that goes from the soffit to outside, is that a vent? Any other pipework likely to be up there? There is a slight musty smell but not gas like......
Enough to drive you nuts I tell ya
N
namsag
Just Turning gas off is not the way to check it.
It costs nothing for the emergency provider to come out and check that you dont have a leak.
You may well have a leaking service or your neighbour may have a leak which both can find there way through the fabric of the building.
A few simple test by the guy will confirm that its not an actual gas leak the guy wont mind that it may well prove to be a false alarm as many reported gas leaks turn out to be.
It costs nothing for the emergency provider to come out and check that you dont have a leak.
You may well have a leaking service or your neighbour may have a leak which both can find there way through the fabric of the building.
A few simple test by the guy will confirm that its not an actual gas leak the guy wont mind that it may well prove to be a false alarm as many reported gas leaks turn out to be.
That has got to be the dumbest question ever Tony
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