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alan_m wrote:
On 28/06/2018 08:39, Graeme wrote:


Basin, shower and WC all out, the only remaining job being properly
blocking the wastes to prevent smells wafting in. Currently sealed with
plastic bags and rubber bands.

Thanks, all.

I once worked in a building where a toilet block was no longer used and
had just been piled high with "useful junk" and the door locked. After a
while people started noticing a unpleasant smell which despite looking
for deceased rodents etc. got worse over a period of weeks. The smell
was eventually traced to the disused toilet block. The water in the
toilet bowls S bends had evaporated. The near instant short term cure
for the smell was to turn on the water again and flush the loos.

That's similar to what we found when first looking for a house. It had been
empty and on the market for some considerable time and the water in u-bend
had eveporated. "Nul points" to the estate agent

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