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matthelliwell writes
On 6 June, 19:19, Janet Tweedy wrote:
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matthelliwell writes

I'm looking for ideas as to what may be causing the rotten egg smell
in our bedroom.

We had that in our 1930's house and being no DIY expert I just offer
this as a suggestion but it turned out to be the Bakelite type fixture
on the bedroom light. It ponged awful.

Thanks for everyone's replies.

No bakelite in the room in the room though the smell seems to have
decreased recently for some undetermined reason. No doubt it will
stay away until we have guests.

Not rotten eggs but a distinctly sewerey pong whenever hot water was
flushed down a kitchen sink.

This was a flat conversion involving a very long waste run from the sink
to an internal soil stack. I think we have mentioned before the effect
of *horizontal* waste pipes! In this case, the pong was travelling up
the boxing of the soil stack so presumably the problem started in the
basement.

The landlord, occupying the basement, could not be persuaded to seek
professional help so some expanding foam was quietly introduced to the
boxing.

regards


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Tim Lamb