Smelly closet
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Topic: Smelly closet
Posted By: RicKer
Subject: Smelly closet
Date Posted: 29 June 2011 at 10:17pm
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I need help.
The closet/wardrobe in DP's and my bedroom is always smelling musty and damp. The clothes reak after being in there so we stopped using it. I'm so sick of using the floor so tonight i went and hung everything up & it feels so good to have my floor back!. While i was doing it the clothes that had been left in there felt damp. How do i get rid of this? The rest of the house isn't damp, just this one closet. We rent so we are very limited. (house already has a DVS to remove the damp in the rooms) |
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Posted By: pudgy
Date Posted: 29 June 2011 at 10:48pm
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Can you still get that Damp Rid stuff ? It comes in a plastic container and has something that soaks up moisture in it. Mum used to use it. Maybe at the supermarket . ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: RicKer
Date Posted: 29 June 2011 at 11:38pm
Thank you  Just looked at the foodtown website and they have it listed so will get some tomorrow and give it a go.
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 3:34am
| I have one, its pretty rad - i have the same problem. Also leave the doors open so it doesnt get all trapped and festering. Or a dehumidifier if you have one. |
Posted By: RicKer
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 8:10am
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Thanks Bowie. I can leave the door open at night but not during the day with little miss running around. She will pull everything out and have a great time haha
Do you have the hanging one or the bucket type one that sits on the floor? |
Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 8:28am
| I have the bucket that sits on the floor but prob safer to get a hanging one with a little one in the house. They're pretty awesome, either that or my closet is wicked damp. I even got mould on some things last year so had to find a solution! Ewww. |
Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 9:06am
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I have the same problem in DS's wardrobe - yucky musty damp smell... I regularly run the dehumidifier in his room with the doors open but it wasn't doing a hang of a lot so I went investigating...
Lifted the carpet (that was sitting loose in there) and discovered horrible black looking mould and white mildew was starting to grow on the floorboards (chipboard too, so what's the bet it's ingrained  )
I got an anti-mould spray and gave that a go which has helped minimally and contacted my landlady... sadly there doesn't seem to be too much to solve the issue, just a whole bunch of stuff to temporarily treat the 'symptoms' 
On the plus side, during my investigations I discovered the man-hole to under the house was hiding in that wardrobe (there isn't access from outside so thought it was impossible to get under there), so the landlady had a peak and has talked about getting the silver foil stuff put in (pity she won't go the whole hog and do full-on underfloor insulation) Ooops, sorry for hte long rant and slight thread-jack   ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 10:37am
| Apparently if you have damp in your floors laying black plastic on the ground itself under the house keeps the damp away. Its pretty cheap - we just had the house all costed from full insulation and that was one of the options they all suggested as it can be like a bloody swamp under ours. Landlady might go in for that as well as it was pretty cheap. |
Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 11:47am
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Will suggest that to her then Bowie, thanks. Looks like originally the ground was just laid with newspaper ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 9:40pm
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We laid black polythene/plastic directly on the dirt under the floors at the place my sister was renting and the temperature inside went up several degrees straight away. She had wooden floor boards and no underfloor insulation and the damp was rising straight up from the dirt and into the house. We just brought some cheap groundsheets - doing the whole underneath of the house cost less than $100 from memory. Well worth it.
ETA to add by groundsheets I mean tarpaulans. She just got them from Bunnings I think. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Rainbow
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 1:26pm
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I have bought one of these - although more expensive than the Damp Rid, it is reusable - you microwave it to reactivate it!
http://www.babycity.co.nz/de-humidifying-dry-egg.html - link ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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