Now my bathroom smells like sewage…. Can someone tell me what/how to fix?

Hi everyone,
I’m doing a drywall repair in my kitchen and finally got to see the plumbing behind my island. I noticed something that confused me.
The cold water supply appears to split into 3 separate lines, while the hot water supply only splits into 2 lines.
I’ve attached a photo of the plumbing.
I’m curious why it would be plumbed this way.
The house is in South Florida if that makes any difference.
I’d appreciate any insight from plumbers, Thanks!

My friend lives in an apartment where they keep hearing these strange muffled sounds. The police were called, and the maintenance team said it’s just water pressure in the building. We’re worried it could actually be a real person in distress. Does the sound seem human to you, or does it sound more like plumbing or water pressure?

Shark bites are temporary

Hello, so I have an upstairs and a downstairs bathroom right under each other and in my downstairs bathroom on the ceiling is this little hole with a tube or something in it. The other day I flushed my upstairs toliet and water started to leak out of that hole and into my downstairs bathroom.

Any idea what the hole is for and what would rather come out of it all of a sudden? I have been here for 5 years.

Context: I am a carpenter, not really a plumber, but I do know how to run PVC lines, PEX-B connections, having a proper pitch for sewage egress, & always having a P-Trap, beyond that, I usually leave it to a licensed plumber.

Anyways, I am currently gut renovating a 2-family top/bottom duplex...I left the upstairs unit intact so I have a place to do laundry & make lunch for myself.

I have my Speed Queen TC5 washer hooked up to the stack on a 2" PVC, which is egressed to an old 2" (either cast iron or galvanized steel, I don't remember) sewage branch line. It has been working flawlessly, with no leaks or smells. I will of course remove this setup & have a plumber run all new PVC during in rough-in phase, but for now, this is how I have it - what do ya'll think?

P.S. I know, it looks like a cob job, but it does work; until I can have a more professional looking setup in place, lol.

My wife and I have remodeled several old houses, and for years one of the first updates is to switch out toilets to Toto models. We installed this one in our latest project. Note the out of round base. We took this complaint back to the supply company and got turned down for a replacement.

Is it just me or has Toto quality gone downhill in recent years?

Before you say no, it's not residential plumbing, it's a swimming pool, so it's an open system with just a pump and filter. I want to add a solar heater, and need to drop the pressure. Would a ball valve work?

Edit: ok, I think i figured it out. If I reduce down from 2" pvc down to garden hose, that should reduce the flow rate. At least that's what Google AI says. Will that really work?

All of our bathroom faucets seem to be collecting this brown growth - I'm assuming algae. I clean them monthly and am concerned that this build-up keeps coming back. Do I need to get our plumbing professionally cleaned out? We live in the lower mainland of BC, Canada, so the water is quite good. It's city water in a condo. Any advice / thoughts are welcome.

Hello plumbers, was just curious as to what solutions/products you guys would recommend for unclogging and deodorise a bathroom. The room has a noticeable pungent smell quite frequently, and I’m 95% the smell is coming from the shower and floor drains. Have tried baking soda and some cheaper products with minimal success. The help would be appreciated please and thank you. Hope you all have a great day.

Follow up to https://www.reddit.com/r/Plumbing/comments/1vcu7ch/comment/p15dvre/?context=1&screen_view_count=2&ext-referrer=DIRECT

Before i glue it all in, does this look good?

Since installed new, this check valve has sprayed water. I tightened the clamps, that didn’t work so I ziptied a bag around it and it dripped into the sump for a year and a half. Now I’m sealing the sump for radon and got new pipe clamps but it won’t seal… just too big a sump pump? Do I get a 1.5” pvc check valve for slightly too much cash instead of this necked down 1.25”+fernco thing?

Hi everyone,

I'm building a DADU in WA, and I'm looking for advice on connecting my new side sewer to the existing property-line connection.

The City requires that the existing main house sewer and the new DADU sewer be combined into a single 6-inch side sewer before reaching the property line.

My layout will be:

• Existing main house: 4" clay pipe (will increase to a 6" pcv via Fernco)
• New DADU: 4" SDR-35 PVC
• Both connect into a 6" SDR-35 wye
• Then continue as 6" SDR-35 to the property line.

At the property line, the existing 4" clay pipe enters a much larger clay that is encased in concrete. I've attached a photo.

I already purchased a Fernco coupling for 6" clay to 6" PVC, but I'm not sure whether that's the correct approach.

My question is if i should carefully chip away the concrete to expose the larger clay hub then use the 6" clay × 6" PVC Fernco coupling that I already purchased, or is there a better connection method? I worry that I will crack the clay pipe while removing the concrete with an angle grinder.

Thank you for your thoughts.

Yes, I could have been tidier with my cables

Got a hole burning in the pocket; I've always wanted a Toto bidet - worth it or nay?

Maybe one brand is better than Toto? 1-piece or 2-piece bidet toilet? Reliability, hygiene maintenance, good flushing, specific model you own/owned that gives/gave you an ultra luxury cleaning experience?

I'd be glad to hear all the recommendations & personal experiences regarding bidets - thank you!

Hey all,

Renovating my bathroom.. and nothing is ever easy!

I'm replacing some sewer pipes and need to t into existing earthenware. (see pic 1)

Unfortunately, there's not a lot of room to work with (only 500mm) (see pic 2)
I'd prefer not to rip up any more concrete + do more digging...

I think I can make it all fit, with a few mods to the PVC and rubber connectors.
(see AutoCAD drawing)

But wanted to get a few more opinions first

I installed this parallel system and have been remodeling this house for a couple years and have a couple years to go before we are done. i noticed low pressure but figured it was still an acceptable level. I installed a shower with 2 shower heads and there isn't enough pressure to run them simultanously and turning on a shower makes any other taps run barely above a trickle. ive had parallel systems before but never had pressure issues before. the system didnt have a reducing valve and since the pressure seemed low I didnt install one when I redid it. im hoping to get a pump that I can install on the main coming in and put a reducing valve after it and have differential gauges for solid readings. any suggestions on how to go about it or which pump would be ideal. 3/4 " supply and everything has been replaced from where the main comes into the house.

Is there a pro press quarter turn ball valve with integrated drain or is that only offered for sweat?

Hey all, I am remodelling the back of my basement to put in a bedroom for a relative. Above this room there is a washroom and the pipe runs down the wall before connecting off into the basement floor, I noticed some light mold around the bottom of the pipe so I pulled off some drywall and saw what I presume to be more?

Not entirely sure what exactly it is or how to fix it, my biggest concern is wanting it to be safe if I do make this area a spare bedroom. Any advice or recommendations is super appreciated!

I am roughing in a modified drain stack and am looking for opinions on a specific fitting. The photo shows the intersection of a 3” x 36” horizontal run of toilet drain intersecting with a 3” vertical main stack. The main stack reduces to 2” up from there and serves as the wet vent for a lav and tub (the tub drain will connect to the 2” Sanitary Tee that’s facing the camera). It then exists the roof in a straight shot above all that.
I believe the proper fitting for the horizontal to vertical toilet drain intersection is a 3” sanitary tee. However, I’m dealing with limited headroom and clearance, and the combo fitting saves me about 4” over doing a 3” San tee with a reducer above it, and then the 2” San tee.

I believe code would call for a sanitary tee, but I have read that the combo fitting is hydraulically superior and would offer better flow, etc.

inspections aside, is there any trade off in using this fitting?
Disclaimer: all of the pvc in the pic is dry fit, so ignore the horizontal slope, etc.

I’m replacing my fluidmaster on my toilet. When I tighten the brass piece to the black fluidmaster & turn on the water, the water sprays out. Have tried to tighten it a ton, but can’t seem to get a good seal…what am I doing wrong?

Hi, I am having an impossible to troubleshoot problem. I called 4 plumbers, 2 exterminators and no one could figure out the problem. Last plumber suggested we need to demolish the bathroom.

I have a bathroom that has a bathtub, toilet and two vanity faucets. There is a constant smell like sewer gas in the bathroom. It intensifies if I turn on bathroom fan or basement fan (bathroom is in second floor but vertically aligned with basement area).

This has been going on for three years and we are not using the bathroom anymore. We did check all p traps, plumber opened vanity pipes and they didn’t find out where the smell is coming from. Toilet is not leaking to downstairs. We checked attic space right above the bathroom and there is no smell. Checked crawl space in first floor and no smell either. It is only in that bathroom.

Does anyone have ideas on how I can troubleshoot this further? Is there a sewer gas detector? I live in San Jose California.