Plumbers... Help!

[DarrenSV650S]

Stop using it as a toilet

Originally Posted by Messie

Is it a general damp type of smell or a more yucky something's rotten type of smell. I've had both and a helpful plumber explained things to me.
If it's a damp smell, there's a leak somewhere that needs to be found and fixed. If it's a rotten smell it's more often than not something blocking the exit of dirty water. It doesn't have to be really dirty water, just from the shower is called dirty water. I was advised to try a strong drain/plughole clearing stuff first before calling in the experts or ripping up floorboard. I used good old fashioned soda chrystals rather than an expensive brand of stuff, and sure enough the blockage was cleared and smell went away.

Got to be the cheapest first option for trying to fix it?

No blockage, all water drains well, just after a period of inactivity, the shower cubicle smells of sh*t! It all points to a leak in the trap to be honest, and after my investigation of the trap, it's seems like the most logial explanation.

Hopefully the problem is now sorted as the rubber seal in the trap did not appear to be seated correctly.

Originally Posted by specialone

Is there water when you look down the waste, if there is, you have a trap
If there is no water, you dont have a trap and obviously its the water that stops the smells coming back up from the drain.

I do have a trap, and I think it may have been leaking. I believe it is all sorted now...hopefully!

Originally Posted by Razor

check the trap isn't full of hair and gunge

Originally Posted by phil24_7

I do have a trap, and I think it may have been leaking. I believe it is all sorted now...hopefully!

you cant be having stinks in the bathroom can you

get some microban and spray the area, last thing you want is mould under the shower,stink will never go away

OK will do, cheers.