Letter 10255

Mobile home wood smells 

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My dad has a mobile home and it has an odd smell as though it comes from the wood. I have searched high and low for a focal point with no success. It seems to be coming from the wood structure inside. Its a horrible odor and is always there.What kind of wood is used in structures for mobile homes? Can old wood give off such an odor?

Help!

C Clarke
- New York

 

Just a theory, and you're not going to like it one bit: it's a dead mouse in the walls.


Ted Mooney, P.E. 
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey

 

How does one go about removing the smell? Does the smell go away on it's own, or do the walls have to be torn out one by one, until it's found?

Jeff Doak
- Chesterfield, MI USA

 

I have no experience in this beyond once having to do so. The smell gets worse and worse until you decide you have to do whatever it takes :-(


Ted Mooney
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey

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