"jim" k wrote in message
o.uk...
"Rod Speed" Wrote in message:
jim k wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Rednadnerb wrote

Thank you but the problem does not occur when the
toilet is flushed, only when she is absent from the flat.

Then presumably something is causing the water level
in the pan to rise up and overflow onto the floor while
she is out. Likely a sewer backup problem. But didn?t
you say that its on the first floor ? In that case it must
be one hell of a sewer backup problem.

With an obvious olfactory odour,

Not necessarily if it just has the water level surge
that high for a short while and then go back down
again quickly if the pan is on the ground floor.

You'll only get the smell if lots of the ****ty
water comes into the pan and you don't need
that to get it to overflow such a small amount.

which isn't mentioned...



Where's that much "water" coming from?

Someone in another flat emptying their bath.

The cistern won't hold enough to overfill the bowl
(in this country anyway)...

Yes, but a bath has plenty.

YDunnyMV