I live in a rental house, and I hate bothering my landlords. They are nice enough people, I would just prefer to do as much as I can myself since they are getting up in years and tend to take a long time to do anything.

I've lived in the house I'm renting for 5 years. Around 9 months ago I started noticing a light mold smell coming from the shower. I took off the showerhead and soaked it in bleach, rinsed it many times, and reattached it. The smell nearly disappeared, then came back. So I removed the showerhead and replaced it. Again, the smell almost went away, but came back within a few days. Now the smell is getting in my hair when I shower and I am scared something is really wrong. I have tried running the hot water on full for 20 minutes through the shower/faucet, but it didn't help. The most confusing part is that I don't get a moldy smell from the kitchen or bathroom sinks.

I don't know who to talk to, and I can't find this exact problem online, so I thought I could find help by asking someone. Please help! I need to fix this problem so I don't feel dirty coming out of the shower!

Thank you so much!

This is only the shower that smells, right? Sounds like you have some bacteria growing in your shower valve. Try this. Remove the shower head and soak nit in bleach. Now take the chrome shower arm an d turn it so it points up, Pour a quart of bleach down the shower arm and let it set for a few hours. Reassemble, flush out the bleach and see if that doesn't help with the smell. Good luck, Tom

I will try that, thank you! Will report back in a bit to let you know how it went!