We had a strange evening last night. When I got home last night, our house smelled very strongly of fumes. I can't explain what it smelled like, sort of like a combination of spray paint and shoe polish. So, it didn't smell like gas. We had no idea what it was. So, we opened a few windows to try to air it out. It seemed that the smell went away, so we went to bed. Well, the smell was back throughout the night (good thing we slept with our window open) and was back in full force this morning. I am completely stumped! It couldn't be the furnace since we have it turned off, but the smell does seem to be worse near air vents.
Carlos did say they were doing work in the manholes outside our house yesterday morning, so we're not sure if that has anything to do with it.
If the smell doesn't go away by this evening, I think we'll ask my Dad to come down and see if he can figure it out. I wouldn't worry so much if I wasn't pregnant, but this has me worried. This can't be good for the baby! Carlos is going to try to figure out where the smell was coming from this morning, so I hope he figures it out. We certainly couldn't figure it out last night! It seems to be the worst in the laundry room and entrance way, which is strange. So, this has me a little scared! Especially since we have no idea what is causing it. We did nothing different yesterday to cause such a strong chemical smell!
EDIT: 11:23am
Moral of the story is: read your mail, even if it looks like junk!
Carlos figured out what the smell was. Earlier this week, we got a flyer in the mail that I just disregarded as junk, so I didn't even read it. But, I left it on our front bench, so Carlos read it this morning. It was a warning about the work they were going to do on the sewers yesterday. It said not to use the water between 10am and 3pm. Since we didn't know that, Carlos used the water in that time, doing the dishes and taking a shower, etc. So, since we used the water in the time we were not supposed to, we likely got some back-up (luckily no sewage or anything) or it's from any welding, etc. that they did. Because it did smell like plumbing work. So, I think we solved the mystery.
So, if that's the case, I'm sure it will be gone by tonight. And if not, I'm sure there is a number to call on the flyer to get more info and I can call and explain what happened.
So, the moral of the story is: read ALL your mail!
4 comments:
Weird! I hope you guys can get it figured out. I wouldn't think fumes would be good for any of you to breathe for long periods of time.
I would skip your dad and call the fire department. They are the experts on this kind of thing. Last year my neighbours CO detector went off and they called the fire department. The Fire people figured out what it was right away. I wouldn't take chances on this with the baby
I did talk to Carlos a little while ago, and he seemed to think it was getting better this morning.
We are taking this very seriously and if it still persists when I get home tonight, we'll do something about it.
Oh my! Good thing it didn't get thrown out so you have an explanation. Sounds like nothing too serious at least.
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