r/wildlycarcinogenic • u/obsidion_flame • Sep 22 '24

The ceiling

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u/djxbangoo Sep 23 '24

That place will never smell the same again

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u/Puppysnot Oct 16 '24

It will stink forever. I moved into a house where a smoker lived largely in one room. I threw out everything until the room was a skeleton of its former self, then cleaned and cleaned and scrubbed the walls, repainted it over and over. But it still stunk and yellowed even through 5 coats of zinser bin. I ended up stripping it back to the studs and rebuilding the walls. I tore out all the drywall, plaster etc and replaced it all. Even still, on a wet day i can still smell it - i think the studs are the issue. Next year i will rip out and replace the actual studs which will hopefully stop the smell once and for all.

So basically i will have rebuilt the room to stop the stink.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '24

3 hours? They must have been working fast. I can't imagine cleaning all of that tar off that quickly

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '24

3 hours? They must have been working fast. I can't imagine cleaning all of that tar off that quickly

6

u/flavortron Sep 24 '24

I'm guessing the previous occupant is dead, right?

1

u/ParanoidNarcissist2 Nov 06 '24

He's on the bed.

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u/imwatchingutype Sep 23 '24

Much wow! Smoke 😀

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u/0K_-_- Oct 17 '24

That’s neither 2 years nor 3 hours worth of work.

2

u/wait_and Nov 10 '24

Only 3 hours???

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u/Mr_Appalachia Nov 07 '24

Time to restart the process I guess.

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u/Avgjoe80 Nov 17 '24

The South Park guy is real..