";s:4:"text";s:3867:" Because in both cases you weren’t ready for it. If your carpet smells like smoke, you can use several bowls of ammonia to help eliminate the odor. That faux leather furniture you've just brought home may look great, but its odor is another matter. Have you recently installed a new carpet araea near the return vent area using chipcore board as an underlay or any new plywoods which contain formalhyde glues. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) produce a lot of new carpet smell. Whether you’ve just moved into a freshly carpeted apartment, or whether you’ve bought a new bathroom rug for the family house, it doesn’t really matter. Letting the smell wear away on its own can literally take years. Try a carpet that's VOC-free if you're sensitive to smells. The task of getting rid of the chemical smell without ruining the look and feel of a product can be time consuming. I'm in the process of putting all new carpets down in my property (when it has been painted etc). This apartment was constructed inside a new metal barn/garage over concrete floor. Why? And once the new underlayment was pulled, there was the rolled vinyl and ANOTHER layer of underlayment with even more staples into the subfloor. New Car Smells, New plastic smells, even new plastic car mats.new carpets are the worst. It has laminate flooring, dry wall, a kitchenette, shower, and bathroom. Just had a new carpet and new underlay fitted (cloud 9) a few weeks ago and we keep getting a horrible smell of fish coming from the room. The room had been completely redecorated weeks before the new carpet was laid. You weren’t prepared for that unpleasant smell coming from your new carpet. So we have had a new carpet laid on Saturday and since Sunday I felt there was a bit of a smell, not the new carpet smell which I really like, but a bit of a musty smell IMO. I have a mildew smell in the small garage apartment next to our house. Place the bowls in the room where the smoke smell lingers. I have found cars at least 5 years old work the best with only fabric interiors. I hope this information helps. I am very smell sensitive and it's giving me a bit of a headache everyday. This article discusses possible steps to remove formaldehyde gas and formaldehyde gas emitting laminated floor or other outgassing products in order to improve indoor air quality in homes. I have just normal hessian backed carpet going down so will need so underlay. It smells perfumed but is nowhere near as bad as the smell of stale dog.