Hey ya guys,
So long story short. I'm in a very high risk group for covid. Which means I've been in isolation since the start. Which also means I can't if at all possible get a guy in.
And a few days ago my main bathroom started stinking with that old familiar smell... Seems to be sewer gas leaking in somewhere. I assumed the traps were the issue. So cleaned and sealed with plugs, and overflows with duct tape. But nope, still there. It's a 15yr old ground floor apartment in a 3 story building, so 2 apartments above me using the same waste stack. I don't know the vent stack setup in these buildings.
The toilet waste is rear outlet, and not exactly ideal! The waste pipe comes in to apartment at an upward angle. As can be seen in the photos.
No sign at all of water leak. When I bought the place nearly 2yrs ago, there was a smell. But my engineer put it down to likely being unused traps. Which may well have been true at the time as the previous tenant didn't use that bathroom much. But there's been no smell since.
I have mouldable rubber that I'm tempted to try but any ideas or temporary fixes would be great until I can get someone in. Bearing in mind I'm not in a position to reinstall the whole toilet. And this whole situation is very high risk. I'm running the extractor fan a good amount but I'm not sure that's best or if I'm just drawing more in.
Thanks
So long story short. I'm in a very high risk group for covid. Which means I've been in isolation since the start. Which also means I can't if at all possible get a guy in.
And a few days ago my main bathroom started stinking with that old familiar smell... Seems to be sewer gas leaking in somewhere. I assumed the traps were the issue. So cleaned and sealed with plugs, and overflows with duct tape. But nope, still there. It's a 15yr old ground floor apartment in a 3 story building, so 2 apartments above me using the same waste stack. I don't know the vent stack setup in these buildings.
The toilet waste is rear outlet, and not exactly ideal! The waste pipe comes in to apartment at an upward angle. As can be seen in the photos.
No sign at all of water leak. When I bought the place nearly 2yrs ago, there was a smell. But my engineer put it down to likely being unused traps. Which may well have been true at the time as the previous tenant didn't use that bathroom much. But there's been no smell since.
I have mouldable rubber that I'm tempted to try but any ideas or temporary fixes would be great until I can get someone in. Bearing in mind I'm not in a position to reinstall the whole toilet. And this whole situation is very high risk. I'm running the extractor fan a good amount but I'm not sure that's best or if I'm just drawing more in.
Thanks