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Bathroom Stinks?????
hi guys,
my bathroom stinks on humid days.. 1. my house is a ranch. 2. 3 full bathrooms, 2 upstairs & one in finished basement. 3. drop ceiling in basement, I removed ceiling tiles & no leaks in any drains. 4. prior owner, re-did bathroom in question himself. can only detect smell on hot, humid days... seems to be from drywall behind toilet. all bathroom have sinks, toilet & showers or tubs.... thoughts/suggestion? btw I have been in this house for about 1yr & only noticed this condition about 6 weeks ago. ty ray
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
Cast or plastic?
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
pvc in all b.rooms, cast doesn't start until main drain leaves the house
ty ray
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
I wish I had an obvious suspect like that.
ty ray
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
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Is that picture upside down or is the fitting? |
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
if i were to guess its re-vent....its hard to tell though as you can't see the floor or celing
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
Looks like the picture is right side up based on the sheetrock dust accumulating on the top of the sanitary tee.
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
The tee-wye is, it looks like a loop vent.
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
Could be other reasons
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
Here's my messy work space on this one. Electrical was being done by the HO. I offered and he said it wasn't that hard.
![]() The WC is under my sawzall blade holder, so you can see the 2" vent is the vertical run. The other vent is for another WC on the other side of the wall. Notice the copper tee (1/2") feeding both. And my other pic was not upside down...LOL
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
someone upper deck the toilet?
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
If you are not positive that the smell is coming from behind the drywall, I would first change the wax seal and see if it still stinks later.
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
Scum build up in the lav sink overflow can give off an odor, it could be coming from it. Just follow your nose.
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
I DID see the crack, first off... then, I noticed there is fall in the pipe to the sanT... Don't know as there would ever be a prob, but replacing the cracked part is always good.
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
ty plumbers,
ill go for the wax seal this weekend. btw, my roof was re-done last fal??????????????????????????????????? ty ray
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Re: Bathroom Stinks?????
If you have access to a combustible gas detector, like a TIF-8800, they can be used to find sewer gas leaks.
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