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Recently I rebuilt our upstairs bathroom and in the process I replaced the shower and bathroom sink faucets. We are now getting a very strong sulfur smell out of the sink faucet. We do not smell this anywhere else in the house and have never smelled it before. We have lived here for 28 years and this is new to us.

So, here is my question. Could it be the new faucet that I installed? Is it possible that this thing is reacting with the water and making the stink? I am perplexed about all of this and would sure appreciate any insight you might have. I will replace the faucet if I have to but I would like to exhaust all avenues first.

Thanks.
 
Not that I think it will matter.....but what brand of faucet is it?
 
Sometimes running water causes air to circulate in the drain system. The overflow in a bathroom sink can collect smelly bacteria.

Put some bleach down the sink overflow a couple of times and see if that helps.
 
I don't think it would have anything to do with it....but is it possibly just the hot water? Or is it either hot or cold?
 
Pour your self a glass of water walk away from the sink and smell the water.

If there is no smell go back to the sink and sniff. If there is an odor then Bob NH is right.
 
Odor leaves the water as the water is depressurized and aerated (as it exits the faucet). So moving the glass the slightest will cause the air movement to take the smell away from the glass/water/our nose, probably making us mistakenly think the water had no odor. The best is to draw the water into the glass, or larger container with your nose on the rim of the container smelling for the odor as the glass fills.
 
It is a Pegasus faucet purchased from Lowes around the first of the year.

I will give the bleach treatment a go this evening. I did replace the sink and associated plumbing so the drain theory might hold water, or smelly water as is the case.

Thanks for the replies.
 
Be sure the trap is installed so the trap arm is pitched so that water does not sit in it.

If not pitched right you will get a buildup in the arm and trap that will cause the water that remains in the trap to stink.
 
I had a customer who bought a Kohler faucet and had the same problem.
He told me he thought is was coming from the supply tubes attached to the faucet.
Of course i thought he was nuts but dam if he wasn't, we replaced one of the hoses and smell went away. Not sure if it was the rubber or the metal in the hose.
 
I think we fixed it!

Since I was not having any trouble at any of my other faucet sites I dismissed the hot water tank or the main supply lines. The "only" change that I could focus on was the new faucet. I failed to consider the new sink and new plumbing to connect it.

I must have gotten something down the drain and that is what we were smelling. 1 cup of bleach down the overflow and into the p trap and it looks like we have fixed the situation.

Thanks again to all of you that posted ideas. I couldn't think of those on my own.
 
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