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This brings new meaning to the term "I smell a rat"
Dead Rat in Wall Cavity
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Hi,
Thanks for all the help.Some of the advice really made me smile.
I looked down the wall cavities with a mirror,couldn't find anything.
Have a horrible suspicion it is on the bedroom ceiling,just under the floor of the upstairs extention.The smell has eased a bit,only notice it if I breathe.Couldn't get moth balls so I poured napthalene in the cavites,maybe I should have tried napalm.Been using Nilodor inside,pretty good stuff.
Thought of throwing a cat in,but might have got a dead cat bounce.
The idea of acrylic paint or wallpaper wasn't bad,the room next door has wallpaper,and no odour problem.
Didn't appreciate the mother in law crack.If you had ever met my mother in law you would realise even a dead rat deserves better than that.
Smurf,your idea of the gap expader was a good one and I have made a note of it.I looked at the thread on electrical stuff with great interest,the most expensive washing machine we had was a bendix.It lasted 7yrs,the cost of repairs over that time being more than the original purchase price.The sales manager told me that was about right.The hoover we replaced it with is over 20yrs old and has had 1 service call in that period to replace a worn cog,or gear.
Brian
Thanks for all the help.Some of the advice really made me smile.
I looked down the wall cavities with a mirror,couldn't find anything.
Have a horrible suspicion it is on the bedroom ceiling,just under the floor of the upstairs extention.The smell has eased a bit,only notice it if I breathe.Couldn't get moth balls so I poured napthalene in the cavites,maybe I should have tried napalm.Been using Nilodor inside,pretty good stuff.
Thought of throwing a cat in,but might have got a dead cat bounce.
The idea of acrylic paint or wallpaper wasn't bad,the room next door has wallpaper,and no odour problem.
Didn't appreciate the mother in law crack.If you had ever met my mother in law you would realise even a dead rat deserves better than that.
Smurf,your idea of the gap expader was a good one and I have made a note of it.I looked at the thread on electrical stuff with great interest,the most expensive washing machine we had was a bendix.It lasted 7yrs,the cost of repairs over that time being more than the original purchase price.The sales manager told me that was about right.The hoover we replaced it with is over 20yrs old and has had 1 service call in that period to replace a worn cog,or gear.
Brian
scranch said:
Scranch,are you saying that bendix have been making LEMONS for 27 years!
You would think that those bastards at* hardly normal *wouldve known that when they sold me that load of crap only 6years ago.As a reliable ,value for money washing machine
YEP,
We had a simpson for 16yrs before the bendix Didn't have a problem till the end.
When we got the bendix we were assured of top quality,make all the industrial units blah,blah.
The first problem we had to pay for was to replace the switch for hot or cold water.Never used it,never used the heater once.It was a toggle switch,when one of the lugs holding it in broke the machine stopped working.Cost something like $65.00 to replace.I watched the guy fix it,when it broke again I bought some from the factory and did it myself.5 switches at $2.00 each.
The last thing to go was the "spider" which cracked,letting the motor bounce on the floor.Glad to see the back of it,every few months there was some problem.
The guy who wrote a column in the Sydney Morning Herald at on time,and ran the Arts festival (I think)in Adelaide a few years ago,Leo Schoefeld,I've spelt his name wrong I know,was ranting on in his column once about what a lemon his one was,so it's been going on for a while.
Brian
We had a simpson for 16yrs before the bendix Didn't have a problem till the end.
When we got the bendix we were assured of top quality,make all the industrial units blah,blah.
The first problem we had to pay for was to replace the switch for hot or cold water.Never used it,never used the heater once.It was a toggle switch,when one of the lugs holding it in broke the machine stopped working.Cost something like $65.00 to replace.I watched the guy fix it,when it broke again I bought some from the factory and did it myself.5 switches at $2.00 each.
The last thing to go was the "spider" which cracked,letting the motor bounce on the floor.Glad to see the back of it,every few months there was some problem.
The guy who wrote a column in the Sydney Morning Herald at on time,and ran the Arts festival (I think)in Adelaide a few years ago,Leo Schoefeld,I've spelt his name wrong I know,was ranting on in his column once about what a lemon his one was,so it's been going on for a while.
Brian
scranch said:
Usualy when they croak it just bascicially leaves a bit of a stain on the ceiling, perhaps lift a few tiles to let the stench out or get one of those 80$ whirly ventalotrs from bunnings to suck all the nasties out. As for the cat, have you seen my cat batbrain lately? lol
Crackaton,
Will be off to bunnings in the morning.Where the problem is it inaccessable to remove it but a whirlygig may suck some of the stink out.
Maybe it is not a dead rat.Maybe a cat playing possum.
We lost a cat for 3 days once.Found it when we heard a noise in a space in our wardrobe where we keep our jumpers and such.It is over a metre from the floor,so must have climbed up to have a sleep,then got shut in.
Didn't even make a mess but it was busting to go.
Funny when you lose something like that,you keep looking in the same places,it can really get to you.
Brian
Will be off to bunnings in the morning.Where the problem is it inaccessable to remove it but a whirlygig may suck some of the stink out.
Maybe it is not a dead rat.Maybe a cat playing possum.
We lost a cat for 3 days once.Found it when we heard a noise in a space in our wardrobe where we keep our jumpers and such.It is over a metre from the floor,so must have climbed up to have a sleep,then got shut in.
Didn't even make a mess but it was busting to go.
Funny when you lose something like that,you keep looking in the same places,it can really get to you.
Brian
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Crush some charcoal.... put it in old pantyhose (could use new pantyhose if you desire) and tie a string to the "containers" of charcoal. Slide then into the wall cavity or ceiling as near as it can to the source of the smell. the charcoal will absorb the odor. Once the varmint has completely decomposed, remove the charcoal and dispose of it.... Or if you are one who recycles?.... Cook a steak with it and give the pantyhose to your mother-in-law.
For anyone interested who may get the same problem.
Our bedroom is almost odour free,we could use it again now,but want to wash the bedclothes.
Crackaton,
the whirlything from bunnings seems to have worked a treat,maybe in the summer we won't have a stinking hot bedroom(that was just a little dead rat joke).
Lyehopper,took notice of your idea of the crushed charcoal,got it in as far as possible,think it may have helped a lot as well.
Brian
Our bedroom is almost odour free,we could use it again now,but want to wash the bedclothes.
Crackaton,
the whirlything from bunnings seems to have worked a treat,maybe in the summer we won't have a stinking hot bedroom(that was just a little dead rat joke).
Lyehopper,took notice of your idea of the crushed charcoal,got it in as far as possible,think it may have helped a lot as well.
Brian
