Even if it has been sealed.
Concrete floor smells musty.
The installer painted the floor with some red suff to prevent any mold.
It s important to find out if moisture is entering your basement in other ways as well.
If it has been damp the concrete may have a musty mildewy smell.
We decided to tear it up and go with ceramic tiles.
Condensation on cold walls and floor in summer.
Since concrete isn t really an absorbent material removing the smell is generally as easy as cleaning its cause.
If you can choose a different type of flooring if you re going to do some remodeling that would really help out a lot.
If gasoline or oil spill they can leave an odor as well.
So we really don t like carpet on concrete slabs.
Mold begins to form and the unpleasant smell you can t seem to shake is born.
This makes the home feel unclean and uninviting.
Saturated base of concrete block walls.
Staining and blistering of wall covering.
You get mold and mildew growth you get allergens that form you re going to get dust mites things like that.
We have a concrete slab with a vinyl floor.
Standing water on floor.
Smell can occur from little ventilation excess moisture lack of sunlight or an odor that has developed over the years in older flooring.
Concrete flooring can sometimes accumulate a damp smell.
If you see mold start to take hold of your concrete surfaces whether on a basement wall or patio you need to get rid of.
Odor mold and mildew.
Some useful references about concrete are below.
Musty smells common in many homes are often found in the flooring of the home.
Concrete dust odor references on concrete expozure hazards silicosis.
Concrete isn t a material that you associate with absorbing smells but it can happen occasionally.
Remove odors in concrete ceramic tile or brick concrete flooring is a strong durable and easily cleaned surface.
Dry method of concrete floor restoration 2448801 issued august 19 2008.
Concrete floors with their bumpy and porous texture is a great place for mold to thrive.
Mold just like mildew is a growth that pops up in damp or shaded areas.
If you notice a broken seal on a window or a crack in the foundation wall you may have found your musty culprit.
The smell is gone and so is the mold.
A ring of dampness.
Some of these address the hazards of concrete dust or its control others odor sources.
However these materials are actually very much like a big hard sponge they absorb odors the way a sponge absorbs water.
That said can mold grow on a concrete floor.
It is also subject to ruinous odors from pet urine oil spills food spills mold mildew and many other odor problems.
We did find mold.
Rot and decay of wood headers joists sill plates and columns.
The only way to get rid of the mold and smell is to find it and clean it up otherwise it will grow and grow.
Deterioration of carpet or wood.
Often found in basements and garages the unpleasant floor smell can emit throughout the entire house.
