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Occasional Earthy smell in 2 bathrooms

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.26 PM

Family bathroom and downstairs WC occasionally get an earthy type smell. Any ideas what may be causing? It looks like they both feed into same drain outside, and the grass/earth around the drain cover has receded I guess as a result of last year’s dry summer. Seems to be no pattern to smell appearing , totally random

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4 Answers

Plumber Extraordinaire

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Petersfield
It’s best to do a drain test to see if any leaks. Failing that look at the pan connector rear of pan
Answered28 August 2019
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PDunn

Rating: 5 out of 5
Holloway, London
Could be toilet pan Connection not correct, seal gone or a lost trap seal.. Hope this helps Pd
Answered3 September 2019
1

Chris Plumbing Services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Enfield
I would advice you get a drainage specialist to do a cctv drainage survey as you may have a collapsed drain or pipe.
Answered28 August 2019
0

Anonymous user

One of the traps has lost its seal .Foul smell is from the drainage below ground ,There are few reason why a trap can lose it seal for instance hair stuck in trap siphoning the water out through capillary action
Answered2 September 2019
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