I searched the forums and no other thread regarding sewer gas smell in bathrooms fit my problem.
Our house is an old home, over 50 years old. Just recently (one other time) we smelled a horrid smell coming from the bathroom. I thought my fiance had just used the toliet , but no......it was not him. So we started to search for the source of the smell. Our bathroom is pretty small so it did not take long to find that the smell was coming from our bathtub drain. We figured it was gunked up, and that was what was causing the smell. Another odd detail is that whatever the odor was coming from the drain, had produced a stain above the drain on the bathtub wall. It was impossible to scrub off. We poured some drain de-clogger down there (made esp for hair) and then flushed the drain for a good 5 min. Smell still there, but not as bad. The next day it was completely gone. And that stain I could not get off? That was gone too!!!!
Now, a month later the smell came back. The stain is back too. Since this is only the 2nd time I have smelled the odor, I have realized that the first time the odor was there, it was SUPER hot & humid outside. We ran our window a/c ALL day. The smell was noticed at night. Same exact thing the 2nd time the smell came back. So it seems to be related to really hot & humid days as well as running the a/c unit all day. What could be causing this? We have lived in the house for almost 4 years and have smelled it twice now. We replaced the toliet right after moving in. For some reason the after replacing the toliet, the toliet was not bolted down tight enough which then caused leaking. After we noticed that, we tightened it and it has been fine. I am wondering if the smell from the tub has anything to do with that?
Please HELP!!!!!
Our house is an old home, over 50 years old. Just recently (one other time) we smelled a horrid smell coming from the bathroom. I thought my fiance had just used the toliet , but no......it was not him. So we started to search for the source of the smell. Our bathroom is pretty small so it did not take long to find that the smell was coming from our bathtub drain. We figured it was gunked up, and that was what was causing the smell. Another odd detail is that whatever the odor was coming from the drain, had produced a stain above the drain on the bathtub wall. It was impossible to scrub off. We poured some drain de-clogger down there (made esp for hair) and then flushed the drain for a good 5 min. Smell still there, but not as bad. The next day it was completely gone. And that stain I could not get off? That was gone too!!!!
Now, a month later the smell came back. The stain is back too. Since this is only the 2nd time I have smelled the odor, I have realized that the first time the odor was there, it was SUPER hot & humid outside. We ran our window a/c ALL day. The smell was noticed at night. Same exact thing the 2nd time the smell came back. So it seems to be related to really hot & humid days as well as running the a/c unit all day. What could be causing this? We have lived in the house for almost 4 years and have smelled it twice now. We replaced the toliet right after moving in. For some reason the after replacing the toliet, the toliet was not bolted down tight enough which then caused leaking. After we noticed that, we tightened it and it has been fine. I am wondering if the smell from the tub has anything to do with that?
Please HELP!!!!!