Just very recently we have been getting like an earthy smell in the bathroom, my wife also says its like an old brussel sprout smell. Thinking back, we have been getting this for a few months, a couple of months back my wife forgot to mention a smell like wet floorboards, that then went away. Some History.....
15yrs ago we had the bathroom redone, and a dodgy plumber simply cut off the soil stack under the bath, and removed the rest, and left the stack open. He denied all knowledge of this when challenged, and fitted some kind of rubber membrane to the top!!! 10 yrs ago, we had the bathroom completely ripped out and totally renovated, and the soil stack top was repaired, and an air admittance valve fitted. No issues since then, till now.
I've removed the bath panel and smell does appear to be coming from under the bath. (But as you know, this can be a red herring trying to trace smells!!) Its not particularly foul and certainly not eggy or the like, but very noticeable. Under the bath is bone dry.
Can anyone give any opinions, this morning the smell was barely noticeable, but seems worse if shower or sink being run. Do AAVs fail, and could this be the issue. If so, are they easy to replace?
I haven't checked under the manhole yet, to see if ive got a sewer blockage, but would that filter up to the bathroom?
Thanks in advance
15yrs ago we had the bathroom redone, and a dodgy plumber simply cut off the soil stack under the bath, and removed the rest, and left the stack open. He denied all knowledge of this when challenged, and fitted some kind of rubber membrane to the top!!! 10 yrs ago, we had the bathroom completely ripped out and totally renovated, and the soil stack top was repaired, and an air admittance valve fitted. No issues since then, till now.
I've removed the bath panel and smell does appear to be coming from under the bath. (But as you know, this can be a red herring trying to trace smells!!) Its not particularly foul and certainly not eggy or the like, but very noticeable. Under the bath is bone dry.
Can anyone give any opinions, this morning the smell was barely noticeable, but seems worse if shower or sink being run. Do AAVs fail, and could this be the issue. If so, are they easy to replace?
I haven't checked under the manhole yet, to see if ive got a sewer blockage, but would that filter up to the bathroom?
Thanks in advance