No, honestly, I'm not making this up...

My girlfriend lives in a townhouse, and the mid-level toilet (WC and hand
basin) has started to smell. It's difficult to locate, but it smells
slightly fishy - not the sort of smell I would expect from a leaking pipe,
etc. I've tried blocking off the extractor, plugged the sink and a plumber
has removed the toilet and capped the waste pipe - but the smell remains,
and we can't seem to get rid of it.

Any ideas on what might be causing this, please.......?

Thanks

Martin

something dead in an air vent or under the floor boards

Hi,

One thing worth checking is (believe it or not) the light fitting. Old
ones can emit a horrid fishy smell when they get hot. We had that in a
house we moved into: it drove us nuts trying to work out what it was,
because it only seemed to be a problem at night. Of course, with
hindsight that was when the light was turned on. Duhh !!

Cheers, Simon

Martin wrote:
No, honestly, I'm not making this up...

My girlfriend lives in a townhouse, and the mid-level toilet (WC and hand
basin) has started to smell. It's difficult to locate, but it smells
slightly fishy - not the sort of smell I would expect from a leaking pipe,
etc. I've tried blocking off the extractor, plugged the sink and a plumber
has removed the toilet and capped the waste pipe - but the smell remains,
and we can't seem to get rid of it.

Any ideas on what might be causing this, please.......?

Thanks

Martin

Another vote for the light fitting - have you recently changed the bulb and
perhaps put a higher wattage one in ?
Or possibly a loose wire heating a bakelite fitting (switch or light
fitting)

Nick

Nick wrote:
Another vote for the light fitting - have you recently changed the
bulb and perhaps put a higher wattage one in ?
Or possibly a loose wire heating a bakelite fitting (switch or light
fitting)

Nick

Vote 3 - recently chnaged the light fitting in our bedroom due to this very
problem....

" cupra" wrote in message
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Nick wrote:
Another vote for the light fitting - have you recently changed the
bulb and perhaps put a higher wattage one in ?
Or possibly a loose wire heating a bakelite fitting (switch or light
fitting)

Nick

Vote 3 - recently chnaged the light fitting in our bedroom due to this
very problem....

Vote 4 - I'd forgotten about this but it's true!

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:

Vote 4 - I'd forgotten about this but it's true!

Mary


.... And Vote 5. I had exactly this problem in a rented house & we
spend ages trying to suss out what it was. We thought it was something
to do with the bath as it only happened after someone had happened a
bath ... the real reason was that the light was only normally left on
for long enough when someone bathed.

My Dad suggested the light fitting - we changed it & never had the
problem again.

M

try removing the girlfriend from the bathroom?

Martin wrote:
No, honestly, I'm not making this up...

My girlfriend lives in a townhouse, and the mid-level toilet (WC and hand
basin) has started to smell. It's difficult to locate, but it smells
slightly fishy - not the sort of smell I would expect from a leaking pipe,
etc. I've tried blocking off the extractor, plugged the sink and a plumber
has removed the toilet and capped the waste pipe - but the smell remains,
and we can't seem to get rid of it.

Any ideas on what might be causing this, please.......?

Thanks

Martin


Your grirlfriend? ;-)

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from "Martin" contains these words:

Any ideas on what might be causing this, please.......?

A curious fish?

I'd concur with the common suggestion of dying electrics. I've had a
couple of fittings go fishy.

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replying to Martin, Ellen Kenny wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink also


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On 21/03/2018 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen KennyÂ* wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink
also



12 years later, the stench must be really overpowering now.

Maybe you should use some bleach to clean your glasses or
contact lenses and read the DATE before posting a naff reply.

Yes I know goes with the web site though. I still do not understand why the
year is ignored by their software and the same crap comes back every 12
months as if its new. many assume they just missed an episode in a long
running saga I think, at least I do not see how else the year is missed as
its on the website clear as day.
Brian

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On 21/03/2018 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen Kenny wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink
also



12 years later, the stench must be really overpowering now.

Maybe you should use some bleach to clean your glasses or
contact lenses and read the DATE before posting a naff reply.

On 21/03/18 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen KennyÂ* wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink
also


Are you in London? some idiots have been throwing fish in the river. It
might be that.

On 21/03/2018 13:45, TimW wrote:
On 21/03/18 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen KennyÂ* wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the
sink also


Are you in London? some idiots have been throwing fish in the river. It
might be that.

Even bigger idiots allowed French industrial trawlers to fish almost
right up to our shores while our own local south coast small
fishermen cannot venture into French waters.

On 21/03/18 14:27, Andrew wrote:
On 21/03/2018 13:45, TimW wrote:
On 21/03/18 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen KennyÂ* wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the
sink also


Are you in London? some idiots have been throwing fish in the river.
It might be that.

Even bigger idiots allowed French industrial trawlers to fish almost
right up to our shores while our own local south coast small
fishermen cannot venture into French waters.

I don't know much about fish stocks or the CFP.But I have stopped
believing unreferenced claims from brexiters. there has been too much
fakery of facts.
TW

On 21/03/18 15:53, TimW wrote:
I don't know much about fish stocks or the CFP.But I have stopped
believing unreferenced claims from remoaners. there has been too much
fakery of facts.
TW
TFTFY

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In message , TimW
writes
On 21/03/18 14:27, Andrew wrote:
On 21/03/2018 13:45, TimW wrote:
Even bigger idiots allowed French industrial trawlers to fish almost
right up to our shores while our own local south coast small
fishermen cannot venture into French waters.

I don't know much about fish stocks or the CFP.But I have stopped
believing unreferenced claims from brexiters. there has been too much
fakery of facts.
TW
Facts, claims, pah. Forget databases and spreadsheets.

Just stand on the cliffs and look out to sea, listen to the marine band
radio and hear the small fishermen saying they are now reduced to just
swapping diesel for fish the stocks are so low, or go onto any port or
shore with smallish fishing boats and talk to the skippers. Industrial
trawlers should not be allowed inshore. I hope the two gunboats that I
understand are being built are ready in time and have enough ammunition.

It's not just the south coast, it's all around the British Isles,
wherever there was a decent small fishing industry.

To repeat what I said in another thread, the lady MP for Grimsby secured
a debate, or hearing, on wolf whistling in Westminster Hall. That will
have really impressed the ex-fishermen of Grimsby.
--
Bill

On 21/03/2018 15:53, TimW wrote:
Â*I don't know much about fish stocks or the CFP.But I have stopped
believing unreferenced claims from brexiters. there has been too much
fakery of facts.

Just as much FUD, if not more, from the other side.

Andy

TimW wrote:
On 21/03/18 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen KennyÂ* wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink
also


Are you in London? some idiots have been throwing fish in the river. It
might be that.


Should be prosecuted for pollution ,that would take the smirk of Farages
face.

GH

In article ,
Marland writes:
TimW wrote:
On 21/03/18 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen KennyÂ* wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink
also


Are you in London? some idiots have been throwing fish in the river. It
might be that.


Should be prosecuted for pollution ,that would take the smirk of Farages
face.

Someone has filed a flytipping report with Westminster Council.

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Andrew Gabriel
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On 22/03/2018 09:02, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Marland writes:
TimW wrote:
On 21/03/18 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen KennyÂÂ* wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink
also


Are you in London? some idiots have been throwing fish in the river. It
might be that.


Should be prosecuted for pollution ,that would take the smirk of Farages
face.

Someone has filed a flytipping report with Westminster Council.


Don't worry. Downstream a seal visits Billingsgate every day for a treat
so he will soon find them.

Yes its the home owners club web site rotting away again.
brian

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replying to Martin, Ellen Kenny wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink
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On 21/03/2018 13:14, Ellen Kenny wrote:
replying to Martin, Ellen KennyÂ* wrote:
You need to use bleach not only in the toilet but put some down the sink
also



Do **** off.

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