Re: [DIY] Smell of sewer gases in bathroom

 

Some Plumbings especially in Nigeria are poorly done and the usual measures done to stop gaseous returns through pipes, Wash hand basins and drainages

​are not done.  And some fermentation in the sewage chambers produce gases that look for any available escape/outlet.  That is found easily in the poorly plumbered work.

What we do as a temporal measure is use alum in the drainage.  Alum is used as water purifier, it will reduce the odour in your drainage for some time.

The best solution, though will cost more is get a professional plumber to redo the work.​

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On 1 June 2017 at 18:23, Tim Ramsey tar@pobox.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

On 5/31/2017 11:09 PM, vjoyhme@yahoo.com [DoIt_Yourself] wrote:
> One of our bathrooms has sewer gas smells often. Called the city but
> they say it is nothing they can do. Any suggestions or experiences with
> this problem?

Could be the wax ring that forms a seal between the toilet and the drain
pipe is not making a good seal.

Buy a replacement wax ring (~$5). Drain and remove the toilet, clean
any leftover wax from the toilet outlet. Check to make sure that the
flange in the floor around the drain pipe is securely fastened to the
subfloor and does not move. Replace flange, bolts, and/or subfloor if
needed.

Install new wax ring , seat the toilet, and carefully tighten the bolts
(over tightening these bolts is a great way to break the toilet).

That solved a persistent sewer gas smell issue that we had.

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