FAZ
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bathroom fresh water smells like rotten eggs when running from the tap, best description i got.
any ideas?
smell also present slightly in kitchen water and even more so when draining the kitchen sink water
faz
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Gregor
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Are you sure it's the water itself, and not smells coming back up the trap/waste when the water goes down?
Are any sinks etc blocking up?
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FAZ
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bath WAS blocking up. but had tht cleared, there is the first bedrooms en suite shower, doesnt go down v well at all
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FAZ
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plus smells only there when the tap is run
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Ben G
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mine does this occasionally. i usually run the shower for 15 minutes and that seems to clear the smell.
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Dave
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Fill the sink with the plug in, see if you still have the smell.
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Gregor
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Try clearing out the traps if you can. It won't be the water itself. It will be the waste pipes as it definetly sounds like a blockage.
Do you know where your waste pipes are running in the house?
Try filling up a basin or sink and let it empty - do you hear gurgling coming from anywhere else?
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John
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If it's not the drains it could be something dead in the tank in the loft (if you have one).
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FAZ
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ook cheers guys, ill give all tht a look over the next week
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pow
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I'd you have a tank in the loft there could be a lovely dead bird in there
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Nismo
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Shouldnt the lid be on the tank
Potentially bathing / washing in dead animals... and you are going to leave it till next week
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FAZ
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im not at home until next week hahaha, other flat mates are
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FAZ
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spoke to plumber, thankfully we shouldnt have a loift tank, hes going on weds to have a full inspection of the entire water system
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spencer88
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Sodium hydroxide down each plug hole to clean them.
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Whittie
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Drains?
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BeetleGav
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Wouldn't be coming from a tank anyway if you can smell it in the kitchen. Kitchens are mains fed not tank. It will be blocked drains somewhere down the line. Putting water down the drain will stir it up and make your smell it more
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Gary
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quote: Originally posted by spencer88
Sodium hydroxide down each plug hole to clean them.
Caustic soda for the uneducated
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spencer88
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quote: Originally posted by Gary
quote: Originally posted by spencer88
Sodium hydroxide down each plug hole to clean them.
Caustic soda for the uneducated
Could of said Na0H
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Gary
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Then you'd have sounded like a right nob
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spencer88
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I only know about it by making bio-diesel
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