On this page i cover how to remove rat urine odor from an attic or ceiling space plus how to remove dead rat odor if a rat got stuck in a wall or cavity and has died.
Rodent smell in attic.
Dave i have a foul smell coming from my ceiling fan in the 2nd floor power room.
The most obvious sign that you have rats in the attic is they will leave rat droppings all over the place.
You are probably already aware that rats are not the cleanliest of creatures that could be living in your house.
Nests in the attic and walls.
If you think you may have a rat living in your attic then you need to get up there and investigate further.
Floor plates have been seriously soaked with rat pee.
I went into the attic pulled apart the 3 flex off the fan and found nothing no droppings.
Rodents are such annoying little pests darting here and there playing in our clean laundry gorging on bits of our food and leaving little pieces of poop in some corner of the house ir ri ta ting but the truth is i think i d take a live moving jumpy rat over a smelly dead one any day.
You can also use the same principles for mouse urine odor removal.
Will the smell eventually subside from the floor plates or should i replace them.
The smell is still in the air at the center of the powder room.
So if you re experiencing a smell of this nature in your home it s hard to say with certainty the culprit is a mouse without visual confirmation.
They sure can put a horrible odor off.
Unfortunately this smell can be produced by any member of the rodent family mice rats etc that may have found its way into your walls attic or crawlspaces and died.