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CASSANDRA SWANSON (Oshkosh, WI)

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General Contractor

Posted Date

3/9/2018 12:00:00 AM

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Sill Plate Has Oil Smell

Hoping someone can give me some insight on this. I'm doing a remolded bonus room for a client that was previously a garage, and they have been complaining about this oil smell coming from one side of the room. We took the sheet rock down and the sill plate where the garage door used to be appears to have been painted black, or has this black coating. Which there is about a 8' section that is giving off a very pungent oil smell. Almost like a kerosene or diesel fuel. There is no extended footing in this area because this is where the garage door was, and there is asphalt that is adjacent to it that might be giving off the smell? But doesn't explain why only a portion is giving off the smell. Anyone know what this is and why is smells this way? Can this be covered up with a killz primer? See pics below. The exterior sheathing is fiberboard sheathing. You can see the insulation is sticking to the area that smells, and that sheen your seeing is not liquid, its a hard glossy surface. Which makes me think its some kind of coating for the sill plate.
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