Sewer smell in the bathroom
#16
(10-27-2020, 08:31 AM)Snipe Hunter Wrote: You have a vent problem.

Tell me about the house...

You either have a clogged vent(s) or you have no vent(s).

We live in Central America now so we're probably dealing with a whole different set of "standards".  If there's an issue I really don't want to deal with on my own (like if the smell persisted), I'd put in a service ticket.  Looking around the neighborhood and not seeing any vents coming through the roof or out the sides, I'm guessing this is just how they're built.
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#17
Could the toilet wax ring be leaking?
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(10-23-2020, 08:22 AM)atgcpaul Wrote: We moved into our new digs and there is a sewer smell in one of the en suite bathrooms.  The house was probably vacant for several months so I ran water down the sink and shower as well as flushed the toilet, but the smell persists.  We had another bathroom with a similar smell and flushing water down the sink, shower, and toilet fixed the issue.

The traps on the sink and shower seem normal.  I see water in there so the traps are holding water.  When I run the water, the smell dissipates but then comes back.  Maybe the shower running just stirs up the air.  This bathroom is above our kitchen and I see no leaks on the ceiling.

So do I focus on the toilet next?  Broken wax seal?

If the place was vacant, and in central america where it may be a HOT climate that promotes evaporation, put water down the sink trap.  Perhaps the trap is dry making space for gas to enter the bath room.  

tom
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(10-24-2020, 09:16 AM)barnowl Wrote: That'd be my guess.

My sone told me of a new design plunger that works great.

So I went out and bought one.

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Six months later while away on business, his wife told him of a terrible sewer smell in the main bath.

She called a plumber, who replaced the  wax seal, and all was good.

I threw away my "super duper" plunger. 

He did the same.


I have blown out wax seals with plungers more than once.  The lifetime green reusable seem to not have that happen.  Although the first time I used one it didn't seal I posted downstairs and was told they could be stacked.  That solved the problem with that toilet
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#20
Smell problems are terrible if you are asking me! I've recently moved in with my husband in a brand new apartment. So far so good, no issues so far, until one day. I just woke up from a terrible smell coming from the bathroom. It was so bad that I have wanted to vomit. I started looking for companies that deal with this kind of stuff because I've wanted to solve this problem. I've found about https://draintoronto.ca/drain_camera_inspection and they did a great job. I wouldn't wish this even on my worst enemies. I cannot describe the smell. it was that terrible.
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