DougH
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I am redoing a first floor bath. A plumber came to connect the shower and toilet. He also plumbed the vanity wall for a wall faucet - which is not connected yet. The vanity sink drain pipe is plugged with a cloth and plastic to block sewer gas - but the smell is not coming from this.
We have been able to use the shower and toilet for about a 10 days. A few days ago I noticed an odd but familiar smell. It is not typical sewer smell - I believe it is coming from the shower drain. It is almost chlorine like. Years ago, in a different house after months of constant cleaning and sniffing, I discovered it was coming from the shower drain. The shower was on the second floor, and someone told be that the drain pipes might not have been angled correctly. If I ran the water for a few minutes, the smell would go away for a few hours. This is the same smell.
Since this shower is on the first floor, I have access to the pipes from the basement. Instead of a pre-formed P-trap, the plumber created one from two peices of curved PVC to more easily navigate the floor joists. Could the extra width of this p-trap cause this? Again, it is not the same sewer gas smell that is evident from the unconnected vanitiy drain (if I were to remove the rag and plastic plug). I attached a photo of the p-trap with a pre-formed one held up to it for comparison.
And what can I do to stop it?
We have been able to use the shower and toilet for about a 10 days. A few days ago I noticed an odd but familiar smell. It is not typical sewer smell - I believe it is coming from the shower drain. It is almost chlorine like. Years ago, in a different house after months of constant cleaning and sniffing, I discovered it was coming from the shower drain. The shower was on the second floor, and someone told be that the drain pipes might not have been angled correctly. If I ran the water for a few minutes, the smell would go away for a few hours. This is the same smell.
Since this shower is on the first floor, I have access to the pipes from the basement. Instead of a pre-formed P-trap, the plumber created one from two peices of curved PVC to more easily navigate the floor joists. Could the extra width of this p-trap cause this? Again, it is not the same sewer gas smell that is evident from the unconnected vanitiy drain (if I were to remove the rag and plastic plug). I attached a photo of the p-trap with a pre-formed one held up to it for comparison.
And what can I do to stop it?