I’ve got to get serious about cleaning this old house.
I moved into this rental a few months ago because my lease was up on my old apartment plus I struggled to find something of the same quality. The first time I diagnosed this locale out, I kept noticing that it odored care about someone had been burning incense in here just minutes before I arrived. That must have been the case. When I got the keys plus drove over here alone to start cleaning, it odored horrible inside. It odored care about a mix of sewer gas plus mold. Thankfully the sewer gas odors were easy to detach. Every sink here has an air admittance valve underneath because of a lack of rooftop air vents for the plumbing system. These air admittance valves cut over prolonged years of use, so simply replacing them is usually all you have to do to get back to normal again. Sadly, the mildew odor wasn’t as easy to address. At first, I couldn’t find any mold outside of the powder room shower. After I cleaned plus sanitized the brick grout, I kept noticing the same odor throughout the house. I went on the hunt for water injure but found none in the most regular locales, care about underneath sinks or near the water heating system plus air conditioning unit. However, I decided to look at the ductwork after finding no mold on the a/c itself. Disgustingly, I found mold growing in the metal ductwork behind many of the ceiling vents throughout the house. After the seventh contaminated vent, I dropped my tools plus called an Heating plus Air Conditioning cleaning dealer. I hope that getting the ductwork professionally cleaned will detach the nasty odors from this old house.