foul smell from toilet

[Linda Curboy]

I am renting a home that has a small bathroon that was remodeled a year before I moved in. The toilet smells like an outhouse, and it was new when it was remodeled, so the the landlady told my husband and I. I have bought all kind of cleaners, and nothing seems to keep this smell away more than a day or so. It smells like an outhouse, and it is embarrassing when I have company, because I dont want them to think I dont clean my toilet. I believe it is from the sewer, if so what can be done, and is it the responsibility of my landlady to get this matter fixed. She suggested changing something that was on the floor under the toliet. She had a plummer come, and on the day he came he said he didnt smell the odor. Like I said the cleaners I use, and I have used them all, only work for a day or two, and the odor is right back even stronger. She claims she never selled nothing when she lived here. I am too embarrassed to ask my neighbor is she having the same problem, because I dont really have much to say to them except hello. Please tell me what to do that will eliminate this odor.

[MRS RENEE TOWNSParticipant]

: I am renting a home that has a small bathroon that was remodeled a year before I moved in. The toilet smells like an outhouse, and it was new when it was remodeled, so the the landlady told my husband and I. I have bought all kind of cleaners, and nothing seems to keep this smell away more than a day or so. It smells like an outhouse, and it is embarrassing when I have company, because I dont want them to think I dont clean my toilet. I believe it is from the sewer, if so what can be done, and is it the responsibility of my landlady to get this matter fixed. She suggested changing something that was on the floor under the toliet. She had a plummer come, and on the day he came he said he didnt smell the odor. Like I said the cleaners I use, and I have used them all, only work for a day or two, and the odor is right back even stronger. She claims she never selled nothing when she lived here. I am too embarrassed to ask my neighbor is she having the same problem, because I dont really have much to say to them except hello. Please tell me what to do that will eliminate this odor.

[MRS RENEE TOWNSParticipant]

Renee: Im 25 yrs in business and for the last 15+ yrs we WILL NOT respond to a call such as you described for several reasons. Its not uncommon to have an experience such as the plumber who arrived at your home only to not smell a thing. If odor was sooo pervasive as to be embarrassing why could he not smell? Most odors are a cleanliness issue not a plumbing issue. Thouroughly check the carpet, grout, tile, linolium around the base of the toilet and DO NOT make any assumtions about origin of smell. Everyone assumes smell comes from plumbing when that is seldom the case. Put your face into the toilet bowl and smell. Do the same with the bathroom sink and shower. Smell around the base of toilet. Ask a close friend (before influencing them with your desciptions) if they detect any odor in said bathroom. Is bowl completely chaulked to floor? Some people are simply more sensitive to smells than others and professionaly a smell presents so many problems that I can no longer in good conscience charge my customers money to solve that problem. Our success rate was never very impressive as its a bit like trying to find a ghost that the occupants are convinced inhabit their home, where does one begin to look? Good luck, Lane.I am renting a home that has a small bathroon that was remodeled a year before I moved in. The toilet smells like an outhouse, and it was new when it was remodeled, so the the landlady told my husband and I. I have bought all kind of cleaners, and nothing seems to keep this smell away more than a day or so. It smells like an outhouse, and it is embarrassing when I have company, because I dont want them to think I dont clean my toilet. I believe it is from the sewer, if so what can be done, and is it the responsibility of my landlady to get this matter fixed. She suggested changing something that was on the floor under the toliet. She had a plummer come, and on the day he came he said he didnt smell the odor. Like I said the cleaners I use, and I have used them all, only work for a day or two, and the odor is right back even stronger. She claims she never selled nothing when she lived here. I am too embarrassed to ask my neighbor is she having the same problem, because I dont really have much to say to them except hello. Please tell me what to do that will eliminate this odor.

[MRS RENEE TOWNSParticipant]

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