Unpleasant smell in the room often brings inconvenience. If it is a putrid smell, then it is not only unpleasant, but also poisonous, which is very dangerous for he alth. It is important to eliminate the putrid smell in the room in a short time. To do this, you need to answer the question: how to get rid of the putrid smell in the apartment?
Common ways
If the dead person was indoors for less than 2 days, then the unpleasant smell could not yet have time to eat in and you can still deal with it with your own efforts. To do this, you can use the following methods:
- first you need to completely empty the apartment: take out all the furniture, and also, if possible, tear off the wallpaper;
- all windows in the apartment must be opened every day for at least 10 hours;
- ceilings and floors should be washed with water and bleach: to get rid of the unpleasant smell, this procedure will have to be done several times;
- under the baseboard you need to pour water with vinegar, and after a few hours add bleach;
- the last and most time-consuming way is the complete renovation of the apartment.
It is important to prepare yourself for the fact that it will take a long time to get rid of the putrid smell. Any work to eliminate the smell should be carried out in a special respirator and thick rubber gloves.
Unpleasant smell from animal
How to get rid of the smell at home? First you need to try to find a dead animal. First, it is better to check the basement and attic, if such rooms are provided in the house, and then - the places where the unpleasant smell is most pronounced. In some cases, the animal may be in hidden places, so you will have to carefully check every corner in the house:
- behind the walls (the animal could make a hole for itself);
- under the floorboard;
- behind the isolation system;
- under a bunch of stuff;
- next to heaters or duct openings;
- near the pipes.
Odor elimination
Further actions will directly depend on the stipulated laws: bury, burn or throw away a dead animal. It is important to remember that it is forbidden to touch the corpse with bare hands: first you need to put on thick gloves or use a shovel, shovel.
If the animal is planned to be buried, then first it must be placed in a biodegradable bag and a box of the appropriate size. Next, you need to choose a safe place in which communications do not pass so as not to damage them. A hole is dug one meter deep, a box is placed at the bottom and covered with soil.
If it is allowed to kindle a fire, then the corpseanimal can be burned. Also, a dead animal can be wrapped in any newspaper, placed in a plastic bag and thrown into the trash.
House cleaning
How to get rid of putrid smell in the room? First you need to put on thick gloves, take an unnecessary rag and collect all the remains from the animal: wool, droppings, dirt. Next, the apartment is treated with cleaning products that eliminate organic residues, kill germs and get rid of putrid smell.
The cleaning agent solution is left at the place of death of the animal for 10-15 minutes, and then cleaned with a clean cloth and discarded. You can use the following products for cleaning:
- "Pemolux";
- "Nika-Lux Enzyme";
- "Mr. Proper".
Furniture and fabrics
All furniture and materials that were close to the corpse (clothing, fabric, curtains) must also be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. The best way out is to take things to the dry cleaners.
If you can't dry clean your clothes, you can wash them in a washing machine at a high temperature. When washing, it is important to add the following products:
- hydrogen peroxide;
- bleach;
- detergent.
If the material of the thing does not allow it to be washed, then it should be disposed of. In some cases, the animal dies in a place that is rather difficult to clean, then the item must be thrown away or removed and part of it replaced.
Call disinfection service
How to get rid of the smell in the apartment? If you can’t find the source of the unpleasant odor on your own or get rid of it, then you can only contact a special disinfection service. Currently, there are private and public organizations. Such companies help to clean the premises efficiently, but it takes some time. Most often, the procedure takes several weeks, as various chemicals are used.
If a corpse remains indoors for a long time, it begins to decompose irreversibly, resulting in a very strong and persistent odor that only disinfectants can handle.
Getting rid of the smell in the car
How to get rid of putrid smell in the car? For high-quality cleaning, the car in which the corpse was located is best taken immediately to the car wash or order a complete dry cleaning of the interior.
But before you spend your money, you can use proven methods and clean the salon yourself:
- leave the interior aired out for a few hours;
- after wash it with water with the addition of citric acid or vinegar (5 tablespoons per bucket of water);
- install a new fragrance in the car.
Unable to find source
Sometimes it happens that an animal dies in a place from which it is not possible to remove the corpse. Since the decomposition time of the animal andThe appearance of a persistent putrid smell directly depends on the size of the corpse, the temperature in the room and the humidity index, then it can take from a couple of weeks to whole months.
How to get rid of putrid smell? First you need to outline the area from which the cadaverous smell emanates. If this is possible, then you need to drill a couple of holes to get free access to a dead animal (behind a wall or baseboard), and use a cleaning agent.
To get rid of the smell, it is important to use a powerful detergent. You can also use sprays and spray them into the holes. When the smell has completely passed, the holes made must be sealed.
Whether the owner got rid of the unpleasant smell completely or waited until the corpse completely decomposed, good ventilation will come to the rescue in any situation, which will help freshen the air around and reduce the smell. To do this, you need to open all the windows in the room and install several fans that will blow an unpleasant smell out of the room.
A good effect can be achieved if you use products that eliminate unpleasant odors in the room. There are a large number of products that help eliminate residual putrid odor. To do this, you can use:
- baking soda containers;
- jar of freshly ground coffee;
- charcoal;
- special air cleaners.
Animal protection
Toto protect the premises from animals, it is necessary to block all possible passages and openings. Rodents can get into the room through cracks and various passages, so it is important to close any passages carefully. To cover holes with a diameter of more than a centimeter, cracks and breaks, it is recommended to use concrete, metal wire and mortar, otherwise the animal will gnaw through the material and get inside the house.
