ᐅ Pungent odor in the bathroom

Hello,

My wife has noticed a strong, unpleasant smell in the bathroom for about a week. We ventilate almost every day.

Today I noticed it too. Suddenly, there was a very bad odor. I was able to trace it, and it was coming very strongly from the shower drain. Our bathroom is tiled at floor level. No one has showered for a week, but someone has taken a bath once this week.

The bathtub is on the same side as the shower. I poured drain cleaner into the drain just now. The smell seems to have gone away.

Have we done something wrong in general? Can such a smell occur?

After the bath, foam and so on were rinsed off again. The building was completed in mid-2014.

Thank you

We experience a similar odor in the attic when the trap of the sink or shower dries out. I've made it a habit to run water twice a week. That solves the problem. Give it a try. The trap must not dry out.

Sylvia

As mentioned before, a dried-out trap, especially with level-access showers, dries out very quickly because there is usually not enough space for a "standard-sized trap."

Hello,

great .... thanks for that! We will make sure to pay attention.

Maybe the bathtub also drained the shower trap when emptying.

HilfeHilfe schrieb:
No showering has taken place for a week.

Maybe this is the reason for the strong, unpleasant odor.