waste stuck in toilet pipe?

jacag · 6 Feb 2010

One of the toilets in my house has unpleasant smelly brown water in it. Once flushed it appears clean but over time goes brown again. The toilet flushes fine and doesn't appear to be blocked at all. This has been like this for sometime now. All other water in the house is fine. Could waste be stuck somewhere within the pipes? and how can I fix this?

seco services · 6 Feb 2010

dirty water can only come back if the waste out the back of the pan gos up hill.

Nige F · 6 Feb 2010

true - but it could be cross contamination from another WC. The layout of the pipes needs looking @

jacag · 12 Feb 2010

Thanks both. I live in a new build house (we've been here 7 months) and we use this toilet extremely infrequently (never since we noticed this problem). Would you suggest we report this to the builder?

dextrous · 12 Feb 2010

jobloggs · 12 Feb 2010

The "extremely infrequent" use could be the problem as the stagnant water has time to grow algae etc. Give it a good dose of bleach overnight and flush next morning and see if/how quickly the water discolours.

TicklyT · 12 Feb 2010

Have you watched the water level in the pan when other toilets are flushed? That might give a clue to what's going on.

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