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Ugh. There's been a horrendous stench in the bathroom all day and I can't for the life of me figure out where it's coming from or how to fix it
spoilered cause probably a bit gross
It smells kind of like a combination of mold, rotting meat, and rotten eggs. It's awful. Probably sewer gas I'm guessing. My bathroom and toilet are 2 separate rooms that share a wall, but I don't believe share a wastewater lineI can smell it in both, but it's extremely strong in the bathroom, and only faint in the toilet room if the fan isn't running. Can't smell it while it is. It's almost strong enough to knockout a bloody horse in the bathroom. I was thinking dry P trap, because I haven't used the bathtub while I've been here, and this place I believe was vacant for a little while. I've tried running the taps and tipping a fair bit of water down the drains, enought o hopefully dislodge anything that could be causing the smell if it isn't sewer gas, but no dice
There's no clothes on the floor in the bathroom or anything, and both at least appear visibly clean. I've tried sniffing each drain but they don't really smell bad, they just smell like water with a little bit of "grandma's house"/old people smell
I think I'm gonna have to admit I dunno and call the landlord to get a plumber out. I'm just scared maybe I've unintentionally fucked something up, or it's a dead easy fix and I get stung with the cost
Check to make sure there’s water in the toilet as well. Sometimes lack of water in the bowl can caused that.
Thankfully I think that'll be fine. I've been here for a while now, and drink a lot of water, so the toilet would very rarely go more than 8 or so hours without a flush. It seems to hold water fine. I did however notice that the gap around what I assume is the sewage pipe going out the back has a big gap around it, which seems to have been stuffed with.... Toilet paper? I don't know. It's not dripping, and doesn't look wet or moist (or dirty), and doesn't smell, so I doubt that's the issue. Really fucking weird though
If you can bear it, try sniffing close to the actual drains, and see which one has the strongest smell. Also, fill up the bath/sink with some water, and observe how it’s draining, to see if it’s draining slowly. That will help narrow down the cause and you can describe it better to plumber when they visit. If none of the drains seem to be source of the smell, see if you can take a sniff around the ceiling fan. It’s possible something dies in the roof, and because ceiling fan vents out to the roof space the smell is free to waft into the bathroom. This would also be a landlord call, so they can get a pest controller to maybe get the dead thing out of ceiling, and check there’s no mouse/rat residents in the ceiling.
Thanks! I think this was actually more helpful than you realise! I climbed onto a chair and it certainly seems to be a lot stronger towards the ceiling fan. I can't safely get right up to it (I don't currently own a ladder... Yet another thing for the list sigh), but just based on how it was stronger closer to it than away from it, I think you may be right
I've gotten as close as I physically can to the drains (the shower is too small to bend or sit down in, bathtub would require getting in and lying down, and the sink I can get fairly close to but it's got a small square basin). They all really do mostly just smell like water, a tiny dash of soap, and old people
E: oh and if it is that, that kind of makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. It's been hot today, so it'd be super hot in there, and it would also explain why I can faintly smell it in the toilet room, and also why no other drains or rooms in the house smell bad
Buy a bottle of cloudy ammonia from the supermarket. It's very cheap. Pour a bit in each plug hole. Leave overnight. Pour water down each plug hole. Repeat if necessary.