Why does the toilet stink?

[JRM]

Anyone on here know anything about plumbing? First thing in the morning when the toilet is flushed it stinks the house out.

Seems to be coming from the cistern rather than the bowl. We've got Victorian plumbing, but I wonder if air is coming up from the drains (that's what it smells like) and it builds up over night.

Having said that I would expect U-bends in the toilet bowl to sort out that problem, but like I say it really smells in the cistern - and I'm completely stumped, so any ideas would be v helpful

[randomman]

have you tried one of them blue/green tablet things?

[Taita]

I am farting in that room just before you go in.

HTH

[Nobby Diesel]

Check the overflow from the cistern. Maybe a dead rodent in there!

[Parrot of Doom]

Is the soil pipe cap high enough on the house, and does the overflow for the cistern live anywhere near the soil pipe?

[anonymous-user]

JRM said:

Anyone on here know anything about plumbing? First thing in the morning when the toilet is flushed it stinks the house out.

Are you doing a poo in it before you go to bed and not flushing it?

Perhaps you are sleep pooing and forgetting to flush?

[JRM]

Parrot of Doom said:

Is the soil pipe cap high enough on the house, and does the overflow for the cistern live anywhere near the soil pipe?

I don't know, I'll have to check tonight - but do you reckon the smell would really work it's way up the overflow?

Could well be something in the overflow I suppose, but I'm just surprised that the act of flushing the toilet results in so much smell coming in!

[Buster Bakdorzin]

Mine also smells, only its the drains after the toilet is flushed. Try running the taps for 3-5 seconds afterwards.

[SpydieNut]

El stovey said:

JRM said:

Anyone on here know anything about plumbing? First thing in the morning when the toilet is flushed it stinks the house out.

Are you doing a poo in it before you go to bed and not flushing it?

Perhaps you are sleep pooing and forgetting to flush?

what are you, 5?

st stinks

HTH

Edited by SpydieNut on Thursday 31st July 11:20

[Parrot of Doom]

JRM said:

Parrot of Doom said:

Is the soil pipe cap high enough on the house, and does the overflow for the cistern live anywhere near the soil pipe?

I don't know, I'll have to check tonight - but do you reckon the smell would really work it's way up the overflow?

Could well be something in the overflow I suppose, but I'm just surprised that the act of flushing the toilet results in so much smell coming in!

Just guessing, but if your soil pipe is damaged, or not tall enough, and the overflow pipe exits near that soil pipe, when you empty the cistern some bad air could be drawn through the overflow pipe before the cistern refills.

Just a guess though.

[JRM]

Parrot of Doom said:

JRM said:

Parrot of Doom said:

Is the soil pipe cap high enough on the house, and does the overflow for the cistern live anywhere near the soil pipe?

I don't know, I'll have to check tonight - but do you reckon the smell would really work it's way up the overflow?

Could well be something in the overflow I suppose, but I'm just surprised that the act of flushing the toilet results in so much smell coming in!

Just guessing, but if your soil pipe is damaged, or not tall enough, and the overflow pipe exits near that soil pipe, when you empty the cistern some bad air could be drawn through the overflow pipe before the cistern refills.

Just a guess though.

Cheers, worth a check, I'll have a look at it tonight, and might be worth flushing through the system as well tonight with every tap running in the house and few buckets of bleach down the man hole cover

[Rod Rammage]

JRM said:

Anyone on here know anything about plumbing? First thing in the morning when the toilet is flushed it stinks the house out.

It probably has something to do with all the st that goes down the toilet.

I expect you do your sts into the toilet, right?

st is a bit smelly.

Horrible stuff, really.

[215cu]

JRM said:

Parrot of Doom said:

JRM said:

Parrot of Doom said:

Is the soil pipe cap high enough on the house, and does the overflow for the cistern live anywhere near the soil pipe?

I don't know, I'll have to check tonight - but do you reckon the smell would really work it's way up the overflow?

Could well be something in the overflow I suppose, but I'm just surprised that the act of flushing the toilet results in so much smell coming in!

Just guessing, but if your soil pipe is damaged, or not tall enough, and the overflow pipe exits near that soil pipe, when you empty the cistern some bad air could be drawn through the overflow pipe before the cistern refills.

Just a guess though.

Cheers, worth a check, I'll have a look at it tonight, and might be worth flushing through the system as well tonight with every tap running in the house and few buckets of bleach down the man hole cover

No, dilute 1Kg of caustic soda in 5-litres of water and throw that down, avoid using the drains for 20-30 minutes. Job done.

[Don]

El stovey said:

sleep pooing

[V8S]

Taita said:

I am farting in that room just before you go in.

HTH

Ok, I'll give you a few for that one!

[Bushmaster]

Maybe it is not poo stink but wee stink. You need to adjust your aim and try for the water.

[m4tthew]

<JimCarrey>It was me!</JimCarrey>

[GTIR]

My bog stank for ages, even after I cleaned it. Turned out it was all the scuzz underneath the rim (of the toilet) and I had to get that super duper cleaner stuff, the black one to get it off.

End of story.

[m4tthew]

GTIR said:

My bog stank for ages, even after I cleaned it. Turned out it was all the scuzz underneath my rim and I had to get the black one to get it off.

End of story.

Sick racist bd!

Edited by m4tthew on Thursday 31st July 14:50

[Bill Carr]

Maybe you've been "top-decked"?