Tips to Avoid Odour in Your Home

Home is where we feel fresh and relaxed. If that very place has any lingering bad odour, it can really disturb our lifestyle. Exhaust fans and windows can do only so much about a bad odour. Even with air circulation, if the odour source still remains in the house, it’s of no use.

For the smells that make you run out of the house holding your nose, try the following tricks:

Identify the source! It’s got to be something hidden somewhere in some corner you have never seen before. If the source is in a room, burning candles and spraying air fresheners will only temporarily solve the problem. Once you’ve located the source, get rid of it.

Pour a cup or two of vinegar at the bottom of the dishwasher and wash the foul smell away. Vinegar is an excellent smell remover. Be prepared to smell vinegar for an hour so. But hey, it solves the bigger problem! As for the other temporary kitchen odours, opening the windows and the exhaust fans can help to solve a majority of the problem. Follow up with a spray of the air freshener.

The door of the front loading washing machine seals so tightly that the air never circulates inside the washing machine causing mould to grow inside. Regularly clean the washing machine by running a washing cycle with only two cups of bleach and hot water.

Much like the washing machine, even the fridge has a tendency to smell when kept closed for a long period of time. The age-old solution to tame fridge odours is to open a box of baking soda and stick it on a shelf or along the back.

If you have pets look out for areas where they may have soiled the floor or carpet. Most of the smell is caused by bacteria. Vinegar being a highly acidic substance kills the bacteria and thus the foul smell disappears. Mixing one portion of vinegar with three portions of water and rubbing it on the carpet can be rid you of the smell after a wash. Followed by this, you should probably train your pet not to pee/soil on the carpet.

Pet odour can also be controlled using activated charcoal. Activated charcoal is activated carbon which is capable of absorbing a wide range of odours. The activated carbon specially designed to absorb pet odours can be bought and kept in the vicinity of pet litter to neutralize the smell to a great extent.


Cleaning on your own is not always recommended because the home remedies can often damage your goods at home. That is where we, Bio Cleanse Services come into the picture. We are expert odour removal professionals equipped to handle the trickiest and the worst kind of odour in your house.  Call 0427 411 789/0412 547 547 now or visit our website.

How to detect odour

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Does your home smell funny? Can't really figure out what it is, but it's a bad odour that has been lingering for a while. Unpleasant musty odours are a common cause of indoor air quality complaints. This could be the most challenging issue to solve.

Identifying the source of odour within the environments could be a difficult task. Odour in offices, buildings or homes may arise right from the simplest things like plain soil to more complex things like biological materials.

Indoor odours can be caused due to:

•     Poor maintenance of ventilation, heating and air conditioning systems

•     Dampness caused due to moisture

•     Electrical odours caused due to overheating of the electrical units

•     Carpet, paint and surface coatings

•     Rodents and animals piddling

•     Chemical/fuel spills or gas leakage

•     Unattended deaths and carcasses

Mould odour is more common in households nowadays. It can grow where there's excess moisture, such as water leaks in rooftops, pipes, and walls. Mould odour has a pungent smell. They start growing in patches and can be hidden behind walls or wallpapers.

Indoor and outdoor contaminated air odour arising from biological materials like smoke, contaminates, urine, faeces, mould and human decomposition are some of the obnoxious odours. One needs to be very cautious as these could lead to discomfort, severe headache,  and other respiratory problems. Getting rid of substances like these using traditional methods is troublesome.

The need for professional help is necessary with appropriate training and equipment to identify and eliminate these offensive odours. By identifying the root cause and determining the conditions which caused the odour, it can often be eliminated over time without a trace.

If you ever come across such a situation, contact us by visiting our website: http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/services/odour-control/ or call – 0427 411 789 to schedule an appointment.

Odour can effect your stress levels at home?!

What is odour? Odour is a distinctive unpleasant smell. It is basically the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form. It isn’t pleasant and not something people want to be around.

Odour in homes, buildings or offices may arise from various sources right from human decomposition to the just plain soil. Regular cleaning often helps get rid of general soiling odours, but for another serious type of odours caused by biological material, you need professional help and guidance.

There are different types of odours like compost and organic waste, rubbish odours, landfill gas odours, anaerobic odour, wastewater odour, industrial odour, etc. Most of these odours are caused by lack of oxygen, a mixture of gasses, solid waste, house rubbish or soil. Some of the odours are caused due to sewage, paints and solvents, animal livestock and poultry, food processing, commercial kitchen, etc. 

How is it possible to avoid odour? Firstly, proper aeration is required for no odours to be accumulated at one place. A suitable room temperature must be maintained for degradation to take place at a normal pace. Moisture should be maintained and things should be kept in a neat way with minimum wastage. 

The faster you get rid of odours, the better it keeps you away from a stressed and dirty environment and also makes it easier to clean. Odour cleaning is a tedious job and hence most of the time professional help is necessary.

We at Bio Cleanse are a team of certified professionals who are trained and experienced in dealing with odour control & clean-up. We have all the required detection tools, specialized agents, equipment, products and experience required to handle the odour clean-up job & restore the air quality of the place.

Call Bio Cleanse Services at +61 412 547 547. We service Sydney, Brisbane, Goulburn, Melbourne and Canberra areas as well as surrounding suburbs. Or visit us at http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/

Musty Smell? Time to get some cleaning done!

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Sometimes you might have sensed a musty smell in your/your near ones’ home. This could be due to various reasons. One of the reasons could be that of mould growth.

Moisture and a small colony of mould are the only requirements for mould infestation. Mould infestation do not require a very long time to spread. There have been many cases of allergic reactions and respiratory disorders reported due to this. It has been noted that poor lighting conditions and lack of proper ventilation also support mould growth.

As mould grows, it releases foul gases in the air. These gases are responsible for the musty smell in houses. They get absorbed in carpets, clothes, curtains and other cloth materials. Once this smell permeates in, cleaning becomes difficult. 

That’s when it’s time to consult professionals for cleaning services. Bio Cleanse Pty Ltd is experienced in Mould Remediation and Odour Clean-up. Contact us on 042 741 1789 or visit http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/services/ and we will do a complete clean-up for you.

How to get rid of bad odour?

Urine stains are one of a pet owner's biggest headaches, particularly cat urine which has a singularly unpleasant smell and can seem to linger forever, if not treated quickly. Whatever you do, never use an ammonia-based cleaner on a urine stain caused by a pet. as the smell will attract the animal back to that spot.

If the urine stain is fresh, you can usually treat it by just rinsing it thoroughly in cold water and then washing it as normal using a biological laundry detergent if possible (same as for vomit).

If the stain is older and dried, you will need to soak the garment overnight in a weak solution of hydrogen peroxide and water and then wash as mentioned above.

Carpets are a little more difficult, in that they cannot be soaked. However, you can treat the area immediately with soda water, which should minimize the staining. Once the excess urine has been blotted up, sponge the stain with salty water and then rinse and blot dry.

Again, sprinkling bicarbonate soda onto the stain and leaving for a while before vacuuming should combat any lingering odours.

Note that urine spraying in cats is a serious problem and aside from tackling the immediate stain, you will need to consult an animal behaviourist, and perhaps treat your cat with some pheromone therapy, else you will be fighting a losing battle with cat urine and odour.

For any other serious odours, a professional service like Bio Cleanse Pty Ltd is needed to take care of stubborn odours in a professional and specialized manner.

Visit us on http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au / or contact us on 042 741 1789 for professional help.