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Help- where could this smell possibly be coming from ???

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Willowsands1997xx · 29/02/2024 21:06

This morning I noticed a funny smell in my kitchen , I thought maybe it was the drain, or something turned

I have a clean house, very tidy and kept clean

I have checked everywhere I can possibly think of! But I cannot figure out where this horrid smell is coming from ?!?!

It smells like rotten milk/ baby sick , i thought maybe my daughter had spilt milk/ cereal but I have checked everyyhing and everywhere, cupboards in the kitchen, the washing machine, dishwasher , drains, boiler, fridge, frezer EVERYWHERE!

I can even now smell it when I walk into the house, I've been on my hands and knees looking under everything , pulling everything out, going around smelling everything!! I have checked all thebrools in the house , sofa , toy boxes etc And I still have no idea and am unable to pinpoint where this awful stench is coming from 😭😭

I am now concerned I'm going to come across something awful!! Although I've literally no idea where !!!

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LibbyLemoncake · 01/03/2024 00:07

strugglingnd · 29/02/2024 21:22

We had a grim smell in our kitchen. I re washed all the pans from the cupboards…long story short,husband found a live rat living under the cupboard 🤦‍♀️🤢It had squeezed in through a 2inch gap and had been eating the dog biscuits from dog bowl . It had also dragged a small blanket from the dog bed in through the gap !!!

That’s a little bit cute. I can imagine him making himself all warm and comfy covered in the blanket and eating dog biscuits 😆

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Willowsands1997xx · 01/03/2024 06:33

I'm thinking and hoping it's the drip tray, but my husband has looked and I'm unsure where this is located 😭 don't know if I'm being completely thick . The fridge / cupboard was built before we moved in so we've no idea !!

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leafybrew · 01/03/2024 06:38

ShowOfHands · 29/02/2024 21:10

When we had exactly this problem it was a blocked drip tray on the fridge. It was located behind the fridge and low down. Smell was rotten milk. A weird mix of fetid and sweet.

This is it.

We had this about 4 weeks ago. Absolutely horrendous. In built fridge, so the drip tray was very difficult to get to - but once removed - it was definitely that

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Willowsands1997xx · 01/03/2024 06:41

We've fished out we are going to have to take the whole kitchen unit apart to get to the back of the fridge!

Husband is adamant it isn't this , until him I posted this and 99% of people have suggested this 🤣🤣

Looks like this is what we will spend our weekend trying to do!

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leafybrew · 01/03/2024 06:41

It was at the back of the fridge at the bottom - but outside of the actual fridge IYSWIM - required my adult son to tip the fridge forward 45 degrees after unscrewing lots of things.

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Willowsands1997xx · 01/03/2024 06:47

@leafybrew yes I thought this may be the case 🤦‍♀️ going to have to get my dad to come and hell DH unscrewing and moving everything to get to the back!

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chillichutneysarnie · 01/03/2024 06:50

Check on your neighbours. Sorry but this happened to my mum, the drains were shared and her next door neighbour had unfortunately passed away for quite a while without anyone realising. She spent the whole time getting her drains investigated 😞

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Willowsands1997xx · 01/03/2024 08:10

@chillichutneysarnie oh gosh this is awful 😩 thankfully my neighbours are all okay!

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StringTheory1 · 01/03/2024 12:58

mumda · 29/02/2024 22:53

Can anyone else smell it?

I've had something up my nose that was really gross. I'd smelt something funny a bit like a rotten mouse but no one else smelt it. I'd cleaned everything twice.
Eventually I realised it was in my nose.
I've had sinus operation some time before and have occasionally used a neti pot so I got that out and washed through a few times. After a couple of goes a good blow of my nose got something out. It stunk. Oh my god it was the most absolutely vile smell in the world. much worse out in the open. I put it in a sealed container and put it in the bin. I was gagging at the smell. It was awful.

No idea what it was but it was so rank. I do wonder if i'd not neti'd it out what would have happened.

I had this too!!! A month after my sinus op, started smelling a combo of blue cheese & dog poo wherever I went.

After some serious nasal douching I finally parted with what appeared to be a small putrid kidney - rotting to high hell. The most vile thing known to humankind. I could upload a picture, but I’ll spare you all.

mumda · 01/03/2024 13:15

StringTheory1 · 01/03/2024 12:58

I had this too!!! A month after my sinus op, started smelling a combo of blue cheese & dog poo wherever I went.

After some serious nasal douching I finally parted with what appeared to be a small putrid kidney - rotting to high hell. The most vile thing known to humankind. I could upload a picture, but I’ll spare you all.

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Small putrid kidney! YES! I too took a photo but it'll be on an old phone. Oh it was absolutely disgusting!

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