colliehauler wrote:
If you have something rotting you have to get rid of what's rotting. Need to replace what's bad and the smell will go away.
If it was leaking the dampness is trapped inside of the ceiling and/or walls. No matter what you do the smell will keep coming back until you open up the structure and dry it out. Heated pole barn is nice, but that heat is not getting behind the walls to dry out the wood and soaked insulation.
On the plus side, a heated pole barn is the best place to do this kind of restoration work. I had to replace my slide out floor working outside this winter:
