On 8/30/2015 11:26 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 1:07:03 PM UTC-4, los Golondrinas wrote:
>> On 8/30/2015 8:30 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 10:04:39 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm thrilled for you! Honestly, pan frying or broiling a steak and
>>>> cooking corn on the cob indoors doesn't stink up my house.
>>>
>>> I think my house has a curse on it when it comes to airflow. Every
>>> room has a vent and a return, yet smells migrate toward the bedroom.
>>> Perhaps some sort of hungry ghost lives in the bedroom and sucks the
>>> vapors in that direction.
>>
>> I suspect you have either a poorly sealed window or some type of attic
>> insulation issue.
>
> Probably not the attic. We recently had another foot blown in,
> and they did a marvelous job of sealing the hatch.

Understood, has to be a window frame then.

>> Odors travel with air flow, and you are describing a low pressure leak
>> in that room.
>
> True. I suppose I could try closing all of the doors in the house.
> It wouldn't be definitive, perhaps, because some previous owner trimmed
> all of the doors when they installed carpeting, which we subsequently
> ripped up. Nice hardwood floors underneath; pity they need refinishing.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

You can get an inexpensive "smoke" leak tester at many hardware stores.

http://www.improvementcenter.com/win...air-leaks.html

http://www.plumbertools.com/smoke/resident.html

Seal the home, then start testing and you'll quickly find where the
leaks are.

Surprisingly electrical outlets are often the culprit.

They can be sealed up with expanding foam after shutting the breakers off.