Question:

Any suggestions on how to seal the gap from drywall to floor along a room while still allowing carpet to be kicked under baseboards? The gap is pretty big for caulking and I think expanding foam would be a shit show.



tl;dr:

I ask because I've been unable to locate a strong smell that comes from this room. A unique mildewish or maybe ant/bug infestation smell I suspect is coming from the outside wall, maybe water damage but nothing below this room shows water leaking. Nothing coming from AC vent or the attic above is evident. Even took up a sus spot on floorboard but all clean underneath. Gotta be coming from the fucking outside.



Gonna seal the floorboards with oil based primer and caulk between... basically seal off the room from anything that could waft in. Assuming i need to remove the baseboards to seal properly. So maddening.

just buy an air freshener and fix the fking smell

>>2600454 (OP)

What's the wall made from?

I've had a similar experience with a room in my brothers house we were renovating, turns out it was the paint on the walls. Best we can guess is the wall was never sealed and they painted directly on the plaster causing a musty smell as water transpired through behind the paint

I find air flow more helpful in resolving smells than sealing them up ,usually

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>>2600454 (OP)

Describe the smell more. It is necessary to imagine the smell.

Backer rod + caulk is what I would try

> smells

Open the walls and look for

• a piss jug and/or

• a shit can

That a contractor left in the wall.

>>2600454 (OP)

>I ask because I've been unable to locate a strong smell that comes from this room.

Find and solve the smell first. Smell is the sign of a problem. Masking the smell doesn't fix the problem.
