The tubes in my bathroom stink, please help?

Question

i have well water. Every time I open the door to my bathroom I throw up (I'm pregnant and use the bathroom often!) It smells like rotting eggs in there and it's comming from the pipes. If I leave the widow open it gets very humid in there, if I leave the door open it helps but then my entire studio apt will stink!!!! What can I do? Any product I can purchase? Any home remedies?

Answer 1

It sounds like you have sewer gas coming through the drain pipes.  Check the P-trap under the sink, it is designed to hold water in the pipe to prevent gas from escaping.  It may have a leak or a venting problem, not allowing the water to stay in the trap.  There is a P-trap under the tub, too.

Answer 2

Sewer gas. If it was your well water probably wouldn't smell it till you turned on the water. Sometimes a little extra sulfur will make the water smell like that. Get someone to get up on the roof over the bathroom and find the vent run a water hose in it and see if it will flush out. It could be stopped up  with leaves or other debris. If it there is no water standing in your s or p traps in the sink and tub. That's the crooked pipes under your sink. They need to hold water to keep the sewer gas out. For now go in there and run a small amount of water slowly into them and see if it helps. If you run it in fast it will siphon dry and let the gas in anyway. If you want use a mesuring cup and just poor about a cup full in slowly and see if the smell stops a little.

Answer 3

If the smell is only coming from the one bathroom and no other sink than it's most likely coming from either the sink, tub or commode drain. Most likely wont be the well water itself since the problem is only located in one area and nowhere else like the kitchen sink.

You did mention that it's a studio apartment. Call the landlord to fix.

You should have a ' U ' shaped drain ( 'P' trap) under the sink that's visible. This piece should always have water standing in it to prevent the gases from escaping the drain pipe and also to help prevent something like a ring from being lost forever if accidentally dropped in the sink ;) This goes for the shower/ tub as well however you most likely wont see this as it sits under the floor.

It could also be coming from the commode; it has a wax ring that the bottom part sits on that fills the gap between the toilet drain and the main drain line. This also could need replacing as over time it can leak.

last possible cause would be a clogged vent pipe usually located on the roof. Sometimes leaves are an animal can enter it and cause a blockage that will result in the gases not venting properly.

Again call the landlord to have them find the source and fix.

Answer 4

You need to treat your water.  This is one site, but check around to get rid of the sulfer smell.

http://www.budgetwater.com/Sulfur_Filter...