[Accrs-execs] Rat in the Wall

[Ed Carreno]

Love the effort and progress.....let me know when you're done so I can come
back. ;-)

Just kidding....or am I....

(sent from my cell, expect typos)

Ed Carreno
System & Network Consultant
Myputertech
mytech at myputertech.com
925-829-6505

On Nov 1, 2014 6:48 PM, "Joel Clark" <clark.joel.a at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> Checked in on the smell in the upstairs room today. Found it was still
> there. This time I cleaned *everything *looking for it.
>
> Traced it to a crack under the wall. I sawed an access portal through the
> drywall and found a big dead rat, and an accumulation of nesting material
> and droppings. I removed the rat and nest, vacuumed everywhere possible,
> soaked the carpet with carpet cleaner and sprayed the wall interior
> liberally with alcohol.
> The smell is worse than before now that the wall is opened up. I left it
> open to dry out. I purchased some odor eliminator online which I am going
> to apply to the wall interior when it arrives.
> It occurs to me as I sit here that I did not empty the contents of the
> shop-vac, which probably is adding considerably to the lingering stink.
>
> On the plus side, though it may smell, the upstairs room has never *looked
> *better.
>
> I also took out three fairgrounds cans worth of trash. Something I noticed
> from this project, the grounds staff do not empty the can we have by the
> back door. Perhaps that can be remedied with a word to the management, but
> for now I just put our trash in the cans out on the main path that
> apparently are emptied.
>
> Thanks,
> -Joel
>
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