One week old wetroom odour

[john007]

Hi

I hope someone can advise a solution,
My builder completed building and installing a wet room in a front porch, This is just a week old and I am getting drain odour coming out from the wet room grill or waste outlet, The smell is not sewage but waste water from the main drain outside, I wonder if there is any solution to get rid of the odour either using a covering on the wet room waste grill or something else

Thanks

 

[hammers4spanner]

Welcome,

I would wonder why you are getting an odour from the drain doesn't sound like its right .Otherwise you would just be trying to mask the problem .

 

[PlumbBobBob]

you say your builder did the wetroom for you, as in he did it or did he have a plumber who works for him?

 

[Unregistered]

Might be becase the outside drain pipe is less than two meter away and the odour is sucked inside ?

 

[oz-plumber]

The solution to your problem is simple.

Have a trap installed.
Have a vent installed.
Have both installed.

The reality is, if the job is complete, you may have to gain access to the drains to rectify.
Not looking great if you are having smells after only a week.

 

[Riley]

I was going to say if it's a builder I bet there is no trap

 

[john007]

you say your builder did the wetroom for you, as in he did it or did he have a plumber who works for him?

He does the plumbing himself

 

[john007]

I was going to say if it's a builder I bet there is no trap

Riley, How can I find out if there is no trap installed ?

 

[Riley]

Not 100% definite Way to check but if you pop your fingers down the drain then there should be an amount of water still in there. This is the water seal which should prevent unpleasant smells coming back up from the drain. There may be no water and this could be because The builder has used A different sort of in-line trap Or there is inadequate ventilation and the water trap is being sucked out when The shower or other appliances are used. The only way to know if a trap is installed for sure is to lift the tray

 

[Howsie]

He does the plumbing himself

Get him back to fix it! If you start messing with it he'll only use it as an excuse to get out of putting it right.

 

[Riley]

Good shout Howsie. Maybe tell the builder to use a plumber this time

 

[Chalked]

Can you post a pic of the shower waste?
It might not be inserted correctly

 

[mfgs]

Pictures would help. but certainly sounds like an issue somewhere with the waste set up.

 

[gastec]

Builders can do every thing even quantum physics.

 

[Howsie]

In that case, he can time travel backward and get a plumber in.

 

[Radioman]

Don't get it. A wet room in a porch? Do you mean a mud room/sluice room e.g. Tiled floor you can hose down or is it a proper shower room separate to the rest of the house? If it's the former I would bet there is no trap. If the latter I would bet the total installation is wrong, why fit a bathroom in a porch? Picture please.

 

[john007]

Please see the pictures,

 

[Howsie]

Can you unscrew the trap and post a picture of the inside? I can't be sure but that looks like it's missing a bit.

 

[john007]

 

[Riley]

Is there water in there I can't tell from the picture

 

[Howsie]

Get him back and tell him the traps wrong.

 

[john007]

Is there water in there I can't tell from the picture

Yes there is small amount of water

 

[Chalked]

There shoud be s bung where the circular hole is.

 

[Howsie]

There shoud be s bung where the circular hole is.

Yep. Black rubber from memory.

 

[john007]

Yep. Black rubber from memory.

Thank you very much for your replies, Is there a picture of the s bung I can see ? Is this something a Joe Public can install ?

 

[Howsie]

Get your builder back and tell him to find it. After all, you've (probably) paid good money for this right?

 

[john007]

Get your builder back and tell him to find it. After all, you've (probably) paid good money for this right?

Yes, I agree, I think will help if I can show a picture what is missing, I will get him to come back to have a look

 

[Howsie]

Tell him to bring a spare trap with him and he can harvest the part from that. You should have to be putting up with the stink.

 

[Chalked]

You won't be able to get the bung on its own. It will need a complete waste.
Unless you can contact the manufacturer.

S bung was a typo! It's just a bung