Water from bathroom faucet smells like mildew

speedball1 · Jul 24, 2009, 02:26 PM

Sounds like you nay have installed some stinky bacteria at the same time you installed the faucet. If this were my problem I'd want to know if it were just in the faucet or the supplies as well. Let's do some detective work. Remove the aerator from the spout and draw a glass of water. Still stimky? If yes then shut the water off at the angle stops and unscrew the supplies. Now from each angle stop draw a glass of water and smell that. No stinky here I hope. If we have isolated the smell to the faucet I would do one of two things.
1) I would return the faucet as defective and ask for a replacement or a refund, **OR**
2) If the supplies are clear I would remove the faucet and soak it overnight in a bucket of bleach.
Your option, Good luck, Tom

cakesneak · Jul 25, 2009, 07:56 AM

Water from H&C angle stops smelled fine; we'll go ahead and soak connections and entire faucet in bleach and see if that eliminates the problem. Thanks!

speedball1 · Jul 25, 2009, 08:07 AM

Have the faucet in the open position when you soak it. Good luck, Tom

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