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From: Allison Turner- <beton...@sover.net>
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Subject: Re: Mildew? Because singles care about these things.... :)
Date: 2 Oct 2006 11:09:29 -0400
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on 2 Oct 2006 10:31:53 -0400, Velochicdunord stated:
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>A visiting friend of mine recently pointed out that we have a strong
>mildew smell when one enters the lobby from the street. I'm trying to
>determine the source, because, quite frankly, I can't smell it. The
>lobby has a plaster ceiling, beautiful fifties style wood panelling,
>and a terrazzo floor, with a large area carpet (about fifteen years
>old) and a somewhat frat-housish collection of sofas and chairs. As far
>as I can tell, the mildew smell is coming from either the carpets or
>the furniture. We last had the carpet cleaned in 2005. It also has a
>high voume traffic runner laid across it. It's a good question when
>_that_ last went out for cleaning. It may or may not be the source,
>because, according to my friend, the smell was stronger during the
>summer than it is now, when the heating is on.
>
>Any ideas as to what I should be checking.... and possibly, how to
>handle it?

Easiest but least-economical solution:
(1) throw out all the furniture and get new,
(2) have the carpet and runner thoroughly cleaned (maybe get new
if they're not expensive)
(3) if the friend still smells mildew, tell her she's imagining it.

-Allison


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