Puzzling case of sewer smell only while showering

[johnfrwhipple]

.... However, I'm still puzzled as to how it could smell like rotten eggs and sewer when it's coming out through the tile floor. It is very definately not a mildew or rancid drain smell. ...

I've been working on my exterior deck and stumbled upon a serve smell from the wet tiles. I'm using slate for my deck and it was not the stone that smelled but the glue that held the smaller tiles to a larger sheet of them. This glue and this mesh smell horrible. Since many tiled showers use mesh backing for sheets the smell might very well be your tiles themself or the glue holding them to the sheets.

If you have extra tile try soaking them in hot water for 90 minutes. Do they fall off the sheet or mesh? Place this sheet or mesh in a plastic bag and leave it a day. Take a wiff in the morning. Does it smell like that smell your trying to track down? If so you might have found the answer....

Good Luck.


JW

[johnfrwhipple]