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Re: Bad odor in the KITCHEN when taking a shower in the BATHROOM
Thanks for all the pointers, everyone! I looked under the sink and there in fact is an AAV in the general area from which the smell was coming. The downside is that it was way up and tucked in the framing so I'll have to come back to it tonight with better lighting and tools.564Views0likes0CommentsRe: Bad odor in the KITCHEN when taking a shower in the BATHROOM
rexlion wrote: So it's not coming from the kitchen sink drain? My first thought was that you don't have a P-trap in the pipe (or the P-trap is empty for some reason). No, not really. I stuck my nose right by the faucet which was only a few inches away from the drain, and didn't smell anything. Furthermore we had used the sink previously so there should be water in the P-Trap. sch911 wrote: Check the air admittance check valve under the Kitchen counter, it has most likely failed. Never heard of this! I will check it out! Would this cause the smell to emanate from valve area instead of the drain in the sink? Because, as I responded to rexlion it doesn't appear to come from the drain. But if it's coming from this valve (assuming I have one) that the smell could be coming up from between the sink and stove, which would make sense. Thanks!187Views0likes0CommentsBad odor in the KITCHEN when taking a shower in the BATHROOM
Starting just last weekend on our most recent trip with the Toy Hauler, the following would happen. I would take a shower in the bathroom with a door on it. I'd finish everything I was doing and then when I would walk back out in the main section of the trailer there would be bad smell near kitchen sink/stove area. I searched for "smell" and "hot water" and "rv" and the general consensus if that it's either algae in the tank or an exhausted sacrificial anode rod. The fixes are to run bleach through the tank and replace the rod, which I will do. However, the symptoms don't quite line up for several reasons: I just took a shower and the hot water coming out of the shower head definitely didn't smell. Smelling the hot water directly from either sink didn't smell either. The odor would be coming from by the sink/stove area even though nobody had been doing anything there. I was first up and in the shower The smell isn't exactly rotten eggs or propane, but coppery? Hard to explain. The odor appears to be coming from approximately where the actual tank is, not from any of the faucets. Is there a third option it could be? This very consistent. For reference, this is a "Extreme Mega-Lite 21BT, and here's the ***Link Removed***.3.9KViews0likes17Comments
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