Sewer gas smell in bathroom, advice needed

[Stigster]

What did they do in the end to fix it?

Yes, OP, please let us know what they find. We are interested in this kind of thing and we might even learn something from it.

We'd love it if you can come back with whatever the cause was.

 

[Paul6]

Basically, there was stinking waste laying in the ridges of the connector (which was a lot longer than I thought) and due to the lack of fall, wasn't being washed away. Also I suspect, not helped by the over use of loo roll by guests over christmas. I'd tried to remove the concertina type flexible connector myself but couldn't.... it turned out the guy that fitted our bathroom had glued it in place. The plumber has cut it out completely, fitted a new 'smooth' connection and all is pleasant in the bathroom again. It will never be a brilliant flush, but it would cost well over a grand to remove the entire shower and back wall to replace the stack and horizontal waste. Now I will replace the tiled boxing in with easier to access screwed on boards.... we had said before it seemed daft that it was tiled in and they were a swine to remove.
Thanks again for your help.

 

[rpm]

Ah, post #4 "The dreaded flexi" strikes again!
Glad you got it sorted and came back to us with the result.

 

[Chuck]

Ah, post #4 "The dreaded flexi" strikes again!
Glad you got it sorted and came back to us with the result.

Ah, but post #3. He's fixed one problem, but how was the pong getting out of a supposedly leak-tight drain into his bathroom? If it's not already been done, I'd still want to pressure test the drain.

 

[Paul6]

Ah, but post #3. He's fixed one problem, but how was the pong getting out of a supposedly leak-tight drain into his bathroom? If it's not already been done, I'd still want to pressure test the drain.

The smell was literally coming through the flexible connector.... it was a very STRONG smell. Maybe it wasn't a very good quality connector, I don't know enough to judge but I'd be very wary of having one fitted again.

 

[Chuck]

Maybe it wasn't a very good quality connector, I don't know enough to judge but I'd be very wary of having one fitted again.

Okay, let's hope that the connector was the only issue. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

 

[WC1]

Been keeping an eye on this one, I'd be really pleased but also really surprised if that's it unless it wasn't properly seated. The material is specifically not smell permeable.

 

[Aire]

There could have been little holes in the top of the top of the flexi allowing the smell into the bathroom. I refurbed a customers bathroom that had an awful drain smell, the bathroom was in the middle of the bungalow with no ventilation so that didn't help matters. The problem was the flexi pan connector. Back to the wall pan so you couldn't see it but the top fins had perished forming little holes as it bent down into the floor. As the holes were on the top it wasn't causing a leak but they had lived with the smell for years .

 

[Paul6]

I'm really hoping I DON'T have to come back and report any more smells but will let you know if there are any developments. Thanks guys.