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distantearlywarning

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3. Question:

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 07:33 PM

Sep 2013

How would one know if the brick were harboring mold spores? The brick dust that fell out of the holes we drilled didn't look strange. It didn't smell like the bad smell, either.

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House-Related Mystery For Contractors / Experienced Handy People [View all] distantearlywarning Sep 2013 OP

Maybe something in the plaster... Callmecrazy Sep 2013 #1

I've never experienced the type of smell you are describing, but NV Whino Sep 2013 #2

Question: distantearlywarning Sep 2013 #3

I didn't post a suggestion because I don't know NV Whino Sep 2013 #4

Have you looked for ants? pscot Sep 2013 #5

Dog stares at the spot. westerebus Sep 2013 #10

That's about how it happened pscot Sep 2013 #11

Ah, yes. westerebus Sep 2013 #15

Strange smells Hula Popper Sep 2013 #6

Pittsburgh, PA distantearlywarning Sep 2013 #13

Would it help to repaint inside with sealant vanlassie Sep 2013 #7

I paid for some of my college making cheap student apartments habitable. hunter Sep 2013 #8

Of course you MAY need an exorcist ... vanlassie Sep 2013 #9

bugs drawn to heat ... getting into your electrical ? Ellipsis Sep 2013 #12

Thought about that. distantearlywarning Sep 2013 #14

Freshly baked apple pie will do much better than air fresheners. No Vested Interest Sep 2013 #16

i have same problem mcbanjo Dec 2015 #17

Welcome to DU, mcbanjo! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #18

Funny you mention it, our smells like Freeper/Teabagger sweat. I only wish ours smelled like hippy.. marble falls Dec 2015 #19

Did u ever figure it out ? Girlskull Apr 2017 #20

Welcome to DU, Girlskull! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #21