I went to one of the local casinos today to investigate the source of a bad odor that has apparently been an issue for years. They said the smell was only occasional but nobody could pin down a definite time of day or activity that caused it to be worse.
They sent their maintenance crew under the building 8 times searching for the source of the smell.
What I found : (here are your pictures Tango)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12_CqEh8MyBOB14D_CycyRIKpf7AfRStP
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12vTwpBuM1Lt2P5eh2dkWy8lSeQ7fXyjU
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12sXMBARX1Xm6cTc1y7xEKMB0JecC_bB8
This is underneath the kitchen area and there aren't any drain pipes into the area that is damaged, so I'm guessing failed flooring in the kitchen and years of spilling and disgusting mop water being pushed around on the floor led to this issue.
I can imagine when we get a nice hot day the place smells delicious.
:vs_laugh: :vs_laugh:
I told them to call some kind of builder to come give them a proper evaluation of the safety of that floor system. It's kind of hard to see in the pictures but one of the OSB webbing on the floor joist was buckling, the plywood was sagging between the joists and delaminating. Inside the kitchen, there's an area where someone has screwed down a large piece of diamond plate. My money says that's where it started and maintenance crews band-aided it rather than try to figure out the problem. Now we have a 14' x 8' completely saturated subfloor with damaged floor joists to boot.
Good job fellas. Full commercial kitchen remodel coming soon. . . .