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[quote=Anonymous]I'd start by cleaning out all drains thoroughly (snake them if necessary). Then address humidity issues. The poop smell might be mustiness caused by damp air around older items that you have stored in the basement. We had this issue with a storage closet in our house. It had a couple boxes of old papers and clothes from my husband's childhood home and then high humidity in the house released all those smells which are, um, "earthy." We cleaned out that closet and got rid of anything that smelled very bad, sealed the rest in plastic containers instead of cardboard, and then dehumidified the closet (ran a dehumidifier for a day and then installed charcoal moisture absorbers that are replaced periodically to capture additional moisture). Poop smell gone.[/quote]
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