On 10/8/2016 11:14 AM, Jymmeh1993 wrote:
About 1-2 months ago now we remodeled out bathroom. New grout, new
tiles, new
floor, new toilet. Since then, there has been a very very very strong
chemical
smell in the bathroom that simply will not go away. It almost smells
like the
fresh grout but 10 times worse and just builds up if the door is kept shut,
but completely dissipates if door is left open (smell does not go into
hallway
or rest of house when door is open, just goes away). I would like to
note we
are on city water but not city sewage, we have a septic tank. If anyone has
any ideas on what it could be or how to get rid of it, please help. We now
dread having to use of brand new bathroom due to the smell and it's hard to
breathe the smell. Thanks in advance


Wish this chemist could help but can't.
I googled it up and got a lot of hits like this:

http://www.ehow.com/info_8516606_tile-grout-smell.html

Odors like those in new carpet dissipate with time. New chemical is not
created and what was smelling has to diminish.

I might first try washing with something that contains bleach.