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cheekers
Aug 13, 2008, 09:15 PM
I have a friend that has a egg like smell coming from his shower drain after he showers. This is a steam shower that is never used for the steam only showers. He has had smoke test and jetting and still gets the smell. Can you help?

speedball1
Aug 15, 2008, 07:01 AM
Most bad odors in bathroom drains come from rotting hair mixed with grease from the soap. Try this. Remove the two screws holding the strainer. (TIP; put the screws in the soap dish before they get lost down the drain.) Shine a light down there and with a bent coathanger fish out any hair that may be hiding down there. Then pour a 1/2 gal. of bleach down into the trap and let it set over night. Next morning flush the mess down with 2 large pans of boiling water, (this is important). The bleach will dissolve the hair and make it slippery and the boiling water will melt the grease and get the mess out of your drain. Smell better now? Cheers TOM