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Final post: Have used shower twice with no smell. Also sediment in bottom of shower drain trap is gone. Success! My thanks to those who offered suggestions.

Update: fished a drain auger down the shower drain - nothing. But did the sink and at about 12 feet, it seemed to hit something. Gave it a twirl and continued another few feet. Upon withdrawal, no evidence of a clog on the auger. Ran a lot of water down sink drain and continued to see floaties...

Thanks again for the input and ideas. No slow drain problems - sinks or shower. Blockage idea must be explored, it seems. No clean out nearby. I do have a small drain auger I could try passing into shower drain. Our shower stall is in a corner of the room, made of individual boards/panels of...

Thanks for the input. Yesterday I did a little more testing and believe septic gas/venting is not the issue since there is water standing in the shower drain. I took a rag and sopped out a good bit (smelly and grungy) and the level remained down about 3 inches. This made me think there is a trap...

We're on an aerobic septic system and seem to have a lot of sewer gas coming up the shower drain. After reading some posts on this forum, I'm wondering if the builder failed to install a p-trap for the shower stall. Or if it was installed improperly (at a severe angle, etc). Is there an easy...