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Spoke too soon, it's still there :evil: I think it's not quite as bad as it was but it's still there. It's definitely not a blocked drain as I've lifted the manhole covers and they are completely clear. The trap in the toilet has water in it so it's not getting out there. The trap in...

Dont want to tempt fate....but I think the AAV may well have fixed it!

Ahh just realised I was being an idiot about fitting on the AAV. Didn't realise that the one I bought came with an additional bit of plastic 'pipe' that isn't needed and that by unscrewing that it reveals the actual vent which sits neatly inside the soil pipe :oops: :oops: :oops: Well...

Bit of an update. The smell is definitely coming from the soil pipe. I just unscrewed the cap again and as soon as I took it off I felt a draft coming up the pipe (still perfectly clear) and the smell quite literally hit me in the face! If it's capped off though, why/how/where would the...

Well I'm a complete laymen, know nothing about plumbing whatsoever so excuse my dreadful attempts at trying to explain what is happening. Ever since we bought our house we've occasionally had bad smells coming, we believe, from our downstairs toilet. The smells have been your typical sewage...