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? asked in Home & GardenMaintenance & Repairs · 4 years ago

What is this smoke like smell I keep smelling?

Okay so I need someone to help me try to figure out what I keep smelling. I know a few options to the problem but I want to know from you as well. This smell started around this past weekend. To me it seems like a cigarette smell. It smells everywhere, like the whole house and is making me cough. I have a few options to what it might be. Option 1, the basement. I checked the hot water heater and there are no signs of leaking. Option 2, the heater. I also checked the vents that connect to the main unit from the basement. I did hear something loose from 1 of them. Option 3, my dad who smokes. He has been smoking quite a bit lately like maybe more than 4 times a day. I really am hoping that it is not from him and plus I don't like the smell of cigarette smoke. Option 4, scented carpet powder or room spray. I have been using carpet powder for my who has fleas and it has been over a month. Also room spray to cover up smells. Option 5, asbestos or mold. I really am hoping that it is not this. This house is fairly old and recently was hit by a tree from the roof. Option 6, the roof. There was a little hole from the the tree that fell but was patched up. Anyway I know that this is a bit wordy but just wanted to get everything in here. Please let me know what you think of what it might be and how can I treat it. Thanks!

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  • 4 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    I have to tell you, I am a smoker. I work in a non smoking workplace. When I come home, the first thing I notice is the distinct smell of cigarette smoke. It is coming from someone in your house smoking. By your description, probably dad.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    Sniff behind your computer to see if the burning smell is coming from bad electrolytic capacitors in you power supply.

  • Jan C
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Sorry, I can't smell it.

  • 4 years ago

    smoker

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  • 4 years ago

    If the smell isn't bothering your dad, it is probably the result of his smoking. Ask him to help you find the smell, but he may not be able to smell anything because his sense of smell is being destroyed by the smokes.

  • Ron
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    Sounds like a toxic house. Carpet powder, dead fleas. You didn't say what kind of furnace. If it's gas, there is a possibility of exhaust being forced back down if there is an obstruction in the chimney. I feel sorry for you for the cigarette thing. I would move out of my house if one cigarette was smoked inside. Cigarette smoke makes me vomit almost immediately.

  • 4 years ago

    Probably the smoke from your dad's cigarettes if he smokes inside the house.

  • 4 years ago

    Usually the simplest answer is the right one. Chances are your dad is secretly smoking.

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