Toilet Trouble

dellas1979

Not a very nice topic - but in the house I am renting in, in one of the loos there is a horrendus smell coming from the toilet. The toilet itself has been cleaned - it seems to be coming from the pipes or something.

The smell has been there now for a few months and I can hardly bare it any more - I use our onsuite (thank god) so rarely go in there. We have to keep the window open at all times as if we close it, the smell will eventually seep out the room.

The toilet doesnt seem to be blocked i.e there is no backlog (hehe sorry).

Anyways, does anyone know of anything I can use or any suggestions???

japjap

It could be the waste pipe is not vented. Where the pipe leaves the house and goes down into the ground there should be another pipe going to the top of the house, this is the vent (a bit like a chimney).

I could be worng.

johny28

dellas1979 wrote:

Not a very nice topic - but in the house I am renting in, in one of the loos there is a horrendus smell coming from the toilet. The toilet itself has been cleaned - it seems to be coming from the pipes or something.

The smell has been there now for a few months and I can hardly bare it any more - I use our onsuite (thank god) so rarely go in there. We have to keep the window open at all times as if we close it, the smell will eventually seep out the room.

The toilet doesnt seem to be blocked i.e there is no backlog (hehe sorry).

Anyways, does anyone know of anything I can use or any suggestions???

Is the landlord/landlady not suppose to look after these things?

dellas1979

Hmmm interesting.

We live in a housing estate, if that makes things any clearer i.e we dont have our own septic tank - I guess its a communal one? (oh crikey!)

mikemac

japjap wrote:

It could be the waste pipe is not vented. Where the pipe leaves the house and goes down into the ground there should be another pipe going to the top of the house, this is the vent (a bit like a chimney).

I could be worng.

This was my first reaction too.
Go outside and see if there is a birds nest or something blocking it.

If this doesn't work, ring the landlord as you should have done months ago

wasim21k

hi, guys,
well to talk about vented waste pipe, i m buying house and there i been there couple of time i also notice there is no vent for waste pipe, i just don't understand why is that? or should i ask about it to estate agent as i m going there today for second snag???? any idea suggestion would be very helpful.

japjap wrote:

It could be the waste pipe is not vented. Where the pipe leaves the house and goes down into the ground there should be another pipe going to the top of the house, this is the vent (a bit like a chimney).

I could be worng.

dellas1979

Is there anything I could use to clean the pipes, see if this would work?

wasim21k

dellas, i would say that you need to check waste pipe seal i think you need to reseal it if this it is the case with waste pipe vent problem.

dellas1979 wrote:

Is there anything I could use to clean the pipes, see if this would work?

wasim21k

dellas, i would say that you need to check waste pipe seal i think you need to reseal it if this it is the case with waste pipe vent problem.

dellas1979 wrote:

Is there anything I could use to clean the pipes, see if this would work?

fintan

Ring your landlord and he should send a plumber out to have a look.

Wont cost you a penny.

Kind Regards

Fintan