House Smells Like Attic

What causes that old house smell three things that musty old houses have in common.

House smells like attic.

It the attic air is sucked into the house you should expect the house to smell like the bathroom. Fix the bathroom vents issue. If that s not the problem vacuum and then scrub the firebox the area that contains the fire at the base of the chimney. I am getting that musty dusty attic or insulation smell from by a c vents and it is more pronounced when very hot outside.

If it does you need big honkin fans to exhaust the house so you can start to isolate where the smell s coming from bottom up attic down from the vents. Dirty dog smell in house. My daughter s room smells like something. The rest of the attic has blown insulation.

If the smell persists after the firebox has dried following this cleaning call in a chimney sweep to clean and inspect your chimney. One of the easiest ways to help filter out and remove musty smells that are hanging in the air of your home is by opening windows and doors and letting fresh air fill the indoor space. You should expect the attic to smell like the bathroom. Little ventilation high humidity and darkness says bill carroll jr an adjunct professor of chemistry.

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The house is only 2 years old and has dual zone cooling. Such odors may even make the items or clothing you re storing in your attic smell as well. We had a bad bad problem in our first house which was funny because it was a newer house but an attic fan was installed and new vents were put in that. It just doesn t seem right does it smell all the time.

One should then have a duct pressure test and a door blaster test to properly address ventilation issues. What happens is when you have a home that has restricted ventilation it will create an accumulation of pollutants chemicals and odors in the air that will need to be flushed out with fresh air by opening these. Musty dirty animal and moldy smells in an attic create an unpleasant surprise when you go up to this easily overlooked space in the house. If you notice a raunchy wild smell like a dog in need of a bath but you don t have a dog you could have rodents raccoons or squirrels in your attic.