How to Deodorize Under a Mobile Home

An unpleasant odor wafting out from under your mobile home can be caused by a number of factors. Moisture that results in mold, a dead animal or garbage create smells due to odor-causing bacteria. While most smells dissipate over time, a heavy odor that's causing your yard or the inside of your mobile home to smell requires a solution. You can get rid of the smell under your mobile home with a few simple techniques and supplies.

Goggles
Face mask
Work gloves
Flashlight
Rake
Garbage bag
Large spray bottle
1/2-cup bleach
Activated charcoal

Instructions

- 1
  
  Wear goggles to protect yourself from harmful, disease-causing bacteria in mouse droppings.
  
  Put on goggles, a face mask and work gloves to protect yourself from mold spores or rodent droppings.
- 2
  Open any skirting or lattice work along the bottom of your mobile home. Direct the light from a flashlight under the mobile home for better visibility.
- 3
  Remove any dead animal carcasses, leaves, garbage or debris with a rake. Once the items are removed from under your mobile home, seal them up in a trash bag.
- 4
  
  Bleach sanitizes surfaces while killing bacteria and mold.
  
  Fill a large spray bottle with 1/2-cup of bleach and 5 cups of water. Spray the area where a dead animal was removed or rodent droppings were seen.
- 5
  Leave the bleach spray on the surface for 20 minutes to sanitize the area. Use the rake to remove any further debris.
- 6
  Allow the area underneath your mobile home to air-dry for three to seven hours with the skirting open.
- 7
  Sprinkle a layer of activated charcoal underneath your mobile home to absorb any remaining odors. Close the skirting or lattice work.

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