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My living room stinks of cigarette smoke. What the hell could it be ?

59 replies

SwissMonsterRavingCheesyParty · 07/05/2010 00:07

And no, I don't smoke

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claw3 · 07/05/2010 00:09

Someone else in the house smoking?

scurryfunge · 07/05/2010 00:12

Window open and neighbour in garden smoking?

DSM · 07/05/2010 00:12

Is it a house or flat? Detached or semi?

Has someone been in your house who has been smoking or around a smoker?

Do you have pets that might have brought in a cigarette butt from the street, or maybe on the bottom of someones shoe?

TheFantasticFixit · 07/05/2010 00:12

Neighbours - we have the same problem in our kitchen and our neighbour is a very heavy smoker!

Buddleja · 07/05/2010 00:13

You joined to next door? I get the smell of smoke in my house when neighbours smoke

Weirdly it comes in through the cupboard under the sink - I'd imagine it comes through some joining cavity

Could be the same?

applesnpears · 07/05/2010 00:13

Someone else smoking? Sorry.

Or a wire behind the telly getting burnt out and giving off a weird smell - this happened to me and we blamed each other, the dog and the cat before we checked behind the tv.

expatinscotland · 07/05/2010 00:13

the guy downstairs smells like a pub before the smoking ban.

whenever he's home, we always know.

SwissMonsterRavingCheesyParty · 07/05/2010 00:15

I don't know. Nope, neighbours don'tsmoke and windows are closed.

It's really bugging me

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SwissMonsterRavingCheesyParty · 07/05/2010 00:17

House is semi. neither side smoke and me and dp are totally anti. Have been in all night too.... Kids are fast asleep

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claw3 · 07/05/2010 00:17

Anyone else in your house with you?

Teenagers hanging out of bedroom windows puffing away before you got home?

alypaly · 07/05/2010 00:17

have you got a son who is using the lynx deodorant. One of them smells like tobacco

fearnelinen · 07/05/2010 00:18

House is made of tobacco and is on fire?

SwissMonsterRavingCheesyParty · 07/05/2010 00:19

No, kids are only 8 and 11. No interest in that sort of thing yet. Its weird, quite a strong smell too

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fearnelinen · 07/05/2010 00:19

There are a group of very stressed Labour MPs hiding in your garden?

smallishsheep · 07/05/2010 00:19

Gordon Brown having a crafty one before the inevitable

SwissMonsterRavingCheesyParty · 07/05/2010 00:20

Havent got a garden

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SwissMonsterRavingCheesyParty · 07/05/2010 00:21

I've been sniffing the walls

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claw3 · 07/05/2010 00:21

Husband has been having a crafty one?

Visitors?

Failing that, a pipe smoking dog or cat?

fearnelinen · 07/05/2010 00:22

Don't you might get high

DSM · 07/05/2010 00:23

Have you checked shoes and pets?

Might not be cigarette smoke. I'd start looking at wiring etc..

fearnelinen · 07/05/2010 00:24

This is something to do with the election, I just know it, I have to go but I am going to check back later to see who is hiding in your cupboards smoking!

I'm thinking its an Ashes to Ashes scenario where someone is flipping between 2010 and sometime in the 70's where everyone was puffing away...

SwissMonsterRavingCheesyParty · 07/05/2010 00:24

S'not funny, what if it's the wiring ??

We had some wall lights took out last yr and the wall was all scorched where the wires had been sparking

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claw3 · 07/05/2010 00:25

You suspect the walls have been smoking?

Have you been drinking?

scurryfunge · 07/05/2010 00:25

Have you got a smoke alarm?

fearnelinen · 07/05/2010 00:25

Ok, s...maybe you should turn the fuse box off and have a check. I'll stop taking the p now. Sorry.

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