Cratch smell

[Robbie Barr]

I spent a month or so away from Peg for work and to my horror discovered someone had undone her cratch (which doesn't have drain holes). There was awful water up to the door, luckily it never breached.

 

However now it's drained. The steel floor is a lot rustier than it was and the smell is truly awful. No amount of cleaning or airing out is shifting it.

 

Can anyone recommend a solution?

[Ex- Member]

Stagnant water stinks, I would spray the area with some diluted bleach about 5 to 1 quite strong using a regular spray bottle, then leave it for an hour and then rinse out, bleach will kill the bacteria which is probably the cause of the smell. If it still smells just repeat.

[Chertsey]

In our case the answer was to take the floor up and remove the dead rabbit but hopefully such drastic measures will not be required in this case.

[the grinch]

once had a dead rat under the boards in the hold now that is truely a delightful smell - err not!

[Robbie Barr]

Thanks for the reply re: the bacteria I shall be bleaching tomorrow fiercely

 

I had a dead mouse in the wall once in the insulation. Messy, smelly. Awful. Got in through the mushroom vent. Nasty.