View Full Version : Toilet leak, musty smell
 
 wytgold
May 2, 2006, 06:17 AM
I recently replace the supply line to my toilet.  I guess I did it wrong and water leaked around the edge of the wall for 2 days.  I fixed the leak and mopped up the water.  Now we have a bad musty smell.  DO I need to tear my sheetrock out and replace the insulation and sheetrock?  I don't see any mold growing, so it must be inside the wall.
 speedball1
May 2, 2006, 06:31 AM
I recently replace the supply line to my toilet.  I guess I did it wrong and water leaked around the edge of the wall for 2 days.  I fixed the leak and mopped up the water.  Now we have a bad musty smell.  DO i need to tear my sheetrock out and replace the insulation and sheetrock?  I don't see any mold growing, so it must be inside the wall.
 
Before I pushed the panic button I would take and pour bleach around the area that got soaked.  Then I would pull the chrome escutcheon plate on the angle stop away from the wall and see if I could take a turkey baster and squirt some bleach down inside the wall to kill the mold.  Good luck,  Tom