Mildew odor

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There is an awful mildew smell in my new house what should i do?

[Unregistered-lux]

Hi,

Congrats on new house.

Have you ventilated the house?
Have you been running all plumming so there is water in the pipes? Could be air coming back in.

New built house or old?

-Lux

[Unregistered-Dodgeman]

If this is a new house with fresh paint (latex) it is possible that it is too close up and tight to get proper air circulation.
I would suggest running 1 or 2 dehumidifiers in the basement (if you have a basement that is), and ventilating the house as much as possible with cool, low humidity air. In other words, don’t open it up when it is warm and humid outside.
Is this a newly built house, or new to you??
Dodgeman

[Faron79]

Those are goood suggestions. Yes,if you have a “regular” basement, run the dehumidifiers. If it’s just a crawl space, there are power-vents that can exhaust air periodically.
>>> If it’s new paint, the smell should go away in a couple of days.
>>> If it doesn’t change after a week, there’s something else going on! You may need to hire a home-inspector. There might be a slow water leak behind a wall or something…caused maybe by a bad weather-seal somewhere, or, unlikely, by a plumbing leak.
Thanks,
Faron

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