last summer meet w/home owner on a skunk call. smell a faint order. talked w/owner and found only spot skunk could get under side deck. balled up newspaper in opening and after 3 days nothing in or out. owner still wanted me to set traps. so 1 week latter no results. told him skunk may have been startled by something ran under deck and left latter on. well now with buyer looking to buy house they called me with same problem. meet them and looking over house now with 3 feet of snow around entire house and no sign of any skunk it seems they have another problem. I went in house and smelled fait skunk but house over whelmed w/deodorizer I couldn't find source. it seems only kitchen area is. dose any one have a similar experience? I am going bak to check drains and plumbing.

I'm sure that everyone is thinking the same thing. Somewhere under there is probably the remnants of a dead skunk that some animal

dragged in two years ago. Every time the temperature goes up, so does the smell. Had to throw out one of my favorite hunting coats

for the same reason. During early spring, male skunks would follow me around with love in their eyes.

paul do u think it would linger around that long?

That skunk is long dead. If the deck has an inside corner, that is most likely where he'll be, but could be anywhere. Take up a couple boards and look around. Won't be much left of him now, but the smell will linger. If you can scoop up the dirt underneith the carcass, that is where the odor is. As Paul said, temp goes up, smell goes up. Rainy days will bring it up too.

it only smells on deck and and kitchen where door goes to. the kitchen is an addition. if u go in basement there is a 12" high by 36" in length hole to look in under this area. but why no odor in basement?

Air current is going to follow the path of least resistance, it's going up into kitchen instead of sideways into basement. It will probably go through a wood floor better than concrete.

Could it be a dry pee trap in a shower or some drain some place. But you surely would know a skunk smell. Just a different look at it.

skunk could be outside and odor going thru vent or what paul getting there and brian said. This sounds like a job that you need to set some type of fee on to look for the odor. Your going to spend a lot of time on it and may not find the source. Maybe not a lot but our time is the most valuable thing you own. Unless it's someone you want to share it with they need to pay you.

thanks everyone

Wink, did a skunk die in your hunting coat?

Smoke test the vent lines for the drain system.

Dave, as badly as I got sprayed, it might as well have.

I've heard that burying clothing helps.

Yeah Dave, my wife suggested that. But she wanted me still inside the clothes at the time of burial.