Hi all,
New to the forum so apologies for any initial mistakes.
Just moved into a 3 YO property built by GW. Within a few days we noticed a bad smell coming from the shower room. After trying drain buster etc to no avail, I decided to remove the bottom panel to have a poke around. In my experience I would have expected to see some kind of trap to block the back flow of foul smells. But the "trap" seems to go straight into the waste which I image connects to the soil under the floor somewhere. See image attached...
In an attempt to rid of the smell, I'm considering an alternate trap. But not sure if there is enough distance to connect to the waste shown in the image, as there is no play in pipe shown.
Is the smell being caused by the lack of an adequate waste trap?
How can I resolve this problem?
Any advice greatfully appreciated.
Cheers.
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New to the forum so apologies for any initial mistakes.
Just moved into a 3 YO property built by GW. Within a few days we noticed a bad smell coming from the shower room. After trying drain buster etc to no avail, I decided to remove the bottom panel to have a poke around. In my experience I would have expected to see some kind of trap to block the back flow of foul smells. But the "trap" seems to go straight into the waste which I image connects to the soil under the floor somewhere. See image attached...
In an attempt to rid of the smell, I'm considering an alternate trap. But not sure if there is enough distance to connect to the waste shown in the image, as there is no play in pipe shown.
Is the smell being caused by the lack of an adequate waste trap?
How can I resolve this problem?
Any advice greatfully appreciated.
Cheers.
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