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Hi, I need some advice/tips/tricks...I am moving into a new apartment and the refrigerator smells terrible. It has probably been unplugged for a while. I am going to clean it. Bought Arm & Hammer Baking Soda...but the smell is so bad that it will be like a miracle when it works and it's all gone. Is this common for a fridge that has been left by previous tenants?
Any help is appreciated!
Also, I checked the hot water in my bathroom and shower. It was not getting hot. Could this be because I have not activated my electricity yet? Told landlord about this...he said he is checking on it. Kitchen sink water got hot though.
Refrigerator smells because they left food in it when the last tenant moved out. this probably cannot be fixed. Insist that they replace it. As for the hot water, they should be from the same source. If so, your hot water is inadequate.
I got an old refrigerator once that had a terrible smell. But it was free. After a year outside with the door open and facing the prevailing winds, the smell was gone. We cleaned it with bleach and it worked for ten years. After the motor went out, it was a good storage unit.
You left a refrigerator outside with the door open for a year, waiting for the smell to go away? I don't care if it WAS free, I think I would have lost interest much sooner than that.
Washing out the fridge with mild bleach or peroxide solution, including all the shelves/drawers/seals and then leaving a plate of baking soda AND a plate of coffee grounds in it for a few days should eliminate the smell unless something really juicy oozed out into the casing itself. But if thorough cleaning and deodorizing aren't working you should ask the landlord to replace it because it could be/become a serious health risk.
How far are the lukewarm fixtures from the hot water heater? If the house is older and uses metal pipes, it's likely that the pipes aren't insulated so any water to the faucet far away from HW tank will have lost most of it's heat by the time it gets there. Also, with particularly hard water, you get mineral deposits in the hot water lines that eventually restrict flow down to a dribble... how is the pressure on those fixtures when only the HW is running? If the house is older and has cast iron or steel pipes, they may be reaching their maximum lifespan and have started to corrode and the corrosion is blocking the pipes (happens much earlier in the HW than the CW pipes) -- have you noticed that your water looks rusty?
You left a refrigerator outside with the door open for a year, waiting for the smell to go away? I don't care if it WAS free, I think I would have lost interest much sooner than that.
It didn't require any interest once it was sitting there. It was like a tree or a boulder.
heat you up some apple cider vineger and the soak a rag with it and place it in the fridge.
After a few days the smell will be gone
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I don't care if it WAS free, I think I would have lost interest much sooner than that.
