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CrinngeintheUSA
Hi sweetie. It is gone now. Oh it is not like cow manure it is vile. But it is gone away thank God. How is the USA? I didn't know you were here yet. Good.
posted by
Justi
on July 27, 2007 at 7:32 PM
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I have no idea what the source of that smell could be nor what to recommend
I only wish you luck with it.
I've grown up with cow manure fertilizer, and stinky wellington boots left in the porch all my life so am used to stinks.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on July 27, 2007 at 6:07 PM
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Offy
Well, It did gross me out big time. Especially when we found nobody could remove it. Yuk
posted by
Justi
on July 27, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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Nautikos
I would be running all over if I had a basement. Surely this would not happen to the same family but once in a lifetime. I bet it is beautiful up there.
posted by
Justi
on July 27, 2007 at 5:59 PM
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Justi
You poor thing...I am glad it's gone but dang just the thought of something dead rotting under or around my house would gross me out...
posted by
Offy
on July 27, 2007 at 4:47 PM
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Justi
well, now there's one advantage of living in the Great White (temporarily green) North - you won't find too many houses without basements here! And usually nothing can get in. We had a raccoon die on us once, but he was considerate enough to come out from under the deck, where he spent most of his time...
posted by
Nautikos
on July 27, 2007 at 4:27 PM
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Knitwoman1958
We did and we won. LOL
posted by
Justi
on July 27, 2007 at 1:49 PM
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God has a sense of humor.
posted by
Justi
on July 27, 2007 at 1:48 PM
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Justi,
posted by
Amanda__
on July 27, 2007 at 10:48 AM
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Argh....how disgusting.....I am glad you fighted the bad smell.
posted by
knitwoman1958
on July 26, 2007 at 11:38 PM
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Justi - Ha, ha, ha! You are toooooooooooo funny! ha, ha, ha!
posted by
FoliageGold
on July 26, 2007 at 8:56 PM
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Mary
He did I tell you. The stench is gone now thank God! Thank you for your comment.
posted by
Justi
on July 26, 2007 at 8:53 PM
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Wak
Oh that would have even been worse if I had had to see it. Ohhhhhh bless you it is gone!!!
posted by
Justi
on July 26, 2007 at 8:52 PM
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Justi - Oh, Lord Have Mercy!
posted by
FoliageGold
on July 26, 2007 at 8:47 PM
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Mary
Not sure but we think it was a opposum that had been stealing the cat food. It probably crawled under the house somehow in the daytime and at night could not get out. It is yukkkkk
posted by
Justi
on July 26, 2007 at 8:46 PM
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A squirrel fell down my chimney last summer.
It couldn't get out and finally died. Chimney sweep had to come, open the flue, and clean up the maggots and corpse when the mess dropped into the fireplace! It was a horrible smell.
posted by
justanotherskinnybitch
on July 26, 2007 at 7:01 PM
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Justi - I don't get it. What was it?
posted by
FoliageGold
on July 26, 2007 at 6:45 PM
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jacenta
Thank you, so am I. I hope it never happens to anyone else.
posted by
Justi
on July 26, 2007 at 5:45 PM
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RaeS
Oh that sounds like another bummer. My husband has checked all the possibilites in plumbing, at least I hope so. LOL. You are right I feel like I can smell that stuff in my sleep. Yes I am doing better, it comes and goes....wish it would go for good.
posted by
Justi
on July 26, 2007 at 5:44 PM
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Justi
I'm glad the smell is gone.
posted by
jacentaOld
on July 26, 2007 at 5:11 PM
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Oh my, how strange and awful!
Glad the smell is gone, but the memory would linger since you can't pinpoint the cause. Once my garbage disposal backed up; it still ran so nobody knew where the horrid stench permeating the whole downstairs was coming from until the pipe burst...fun, fun..not, lol.
Hope you are well, dear Justi. 
posted by
Katray2
on July 26, 2007 at 5:02 PM
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Pat.B
Yes it is very expensive. There is another procedure where it is done like vacuum process. The house is old and the dirt is soft and powdery outside the foundation. Some of them in this area have had this done. They can survey to see if enough can be removed without damage, etc., either way it is really expensive.
posted by
Justi
on July 26, 2007 at 4:52 PM
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Madam Shyness
I am glad that was not in your beautiful new flat. It is a once in a lifetime deal for sure.
posted by
Justi
on July 26, 2007 at 4:49 PM
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Ewww! Yuck!
It would be an expensive proposition, but perhaps you could have a new foundation built under the house, lift it up a foot or two, and remove the planks and studs from direct contact with the ground.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 26, 2007 at 4:33 AM
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years back I could smell
a horrible burning yucky smell....it was comig from my cupboard which had pipes in it....I phoned the landlord who came out and after an hour he told me a Rat had died in the pipes....needless to stay I did not live there after that for very long.
posted by
_Symphony_
on July 26, 2007 at 3:48 AM
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Greenfields
Yes it has to be some sort of dead animal. Thankfully it is gone now. Oh it was a horrible smell. Yes I love my old house. It is more than I can take care of easily, but I hang on to it because we all love it. Thanks for your comment.
posted by
Justi
on July 25, 2007 at 9:30 PM
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Maybe
A dead animal? Your house sounds lovely, but somewhat of a handful?
posted by
Greenfields
on July 25, 2007 at 8:38 PM
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Oh my what is that smell?
posted by
Justi
on July 25, 2007 at 8:09 PM
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