Attic Smells Like Fish

Click here for a nationwide list of 100 s of professional wildlife trappers serving all 50 states.

Attic smells like fish.

This could be something electrical in the home overheating and melting its insulating plastic or rubber which could lead to a fire. It s hard to enjoy your home when it smells bad. Use a flashlight to look over the attic for the source of the smell. Fishy smell that s not fish.

But the stench of the dead animal collects and lingers in the house below. If you notice this type of odor coming from your attic avoid entering it unless you are wearing a proper respirator. The most likely culprit is an appliance such as a dishwasher washing machine or an air conditioner. The scary part is that most homeowners misdiagnose that smell as either a sewer gas mold or a dead animal in the walls attic or basement.

Being lead down the wrong path can be disastrous if the source of fish odor in your home is actually from plastic electrical components heating up in your walls. Some people refer to this as a urine or burning rubber smell. Every time someone took a shower in our master bedroom the foulest fishy odor would greet you as you exited the bathroom into our bedroom. This could be something electrical in the home overheating and melting its insulating plastic or rubber which could lead to a fire.

We were surprised by the occasional fishy smells that were drifting down from the attic but figured the smelly little beasts had done something unmentionable. But there seemed to be a pattern. The smell is usually strongest in the room below the exact area where the animal died. Such is the plight of some homeowners following an attic spray foam insulation project the spray foam stinks and the smell is infiltrating their living space.

Fishy smell that s not fish some people refer to this as a urine or burning rubber smell. That means they waste valuable time and lots of money trying to fix a problem they don t have. The most likely culprit is an appliance such as a dishwasher washing machine or an air conditioner. Ammonia from bat urine emits a very strong odor once there s an infestation and it smells just like a urine soaked cat litter box.

If there is moisture damage or the appearance of mildew on any exposed insulation then pull the damaged insulation down and stuff it into garbage bags. We ll save you some time. In some cases urine trails can be seen on the walls or. And if you can t get the bad smell to go away that s even worse.

Rodent droppings urine. Sewer gases mold and dead animals will never give off a fish odor.