Hi, I am hoping someone can help me with this topic... I have just moved into a brand new house on a building site... yesterday I did a clean of the entire house... and just last night I walked into the kitchen and got a smell of eggs. It wasn't rotten eggs though, just smelled like someone had been boiling eggs.

I sniffed around the whole kitchen and various rooms and couldn't locate it. Then I thought maybe it's the drains from the ensuite toilet above the kitchen so I went up and flushed the toilet many times with washing up liquid... the smell had then drifted upstairs.

I just came home and the same smell is in the kitchen and around the landing upstairs... please help! Remember, this is not a rotten egg smell, just eggs.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by lindar

Hi, I am hoping someone can help me with this topic...i have just moved into a brand new house on a building site.... yesterday i did a clean of the entire house...and just last night i walked into the kitchen and got a smell of eggs. it wasn't rotten eggs though, just smelled like someone had been boiling eggs.

I sniffed around the whole kitchen and various rooms and couldn't locate it. then i thought maybe it's the drains from the ensuite toilet above the kitchen so i went up and flushed the toilet many times with washing up liquid... the smell had then drifted upstairs.

i just came home and the same smell is in the kitchen and around the landing upstairs....please help!! remember, this is not a rotten egg smell, just eggs.

Thanks

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Before you can remove the smell you must first locate it. Is it stronger in the water supply or drainage? Some crud in the aerator? Bacterial growth in the disposal or the dishwasher? A faulty trap in the kitchen sink? "Snort" it out and we'll began to get it gone. Good luck, Tom

Hi, I recently posted a question about a smell of eggs in my kitchen... what has been happening is, every time I do all the washing up of dishes and the kitchen area in general... I start to get a smell of eggs... I'm living in a brand new house. There is no dishwasher or waste disposal, I have used a drain unblocker which actually made the smell worse (I don't think there is a blockage in the drain)... my washing machine is brand new.

I'm at a total loss and feeling very stressed as every time the house is clean... this smell gets very strong. Other factors that might be of assistance... it has been very hot out the last few weeks and it seems when it rains the smell lessens... it is a new building site so there's only a certain amount of people living around... and my toilets don't have the best drainage system although I flush them multiple times with washing up liquid to try to keep them clear.

Please help me as I am at my wits end

Thanks

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Originally Posted by lindar

Hi, I recently posted a question about a smell of eggs in my kitchen....what has been happening is, every time i do all the washing up of dishes and the kitchen area in general....i start to get a smell of eggs...i'm living in a brand new house. there is no dishwasher or waste disposal, i have used a drain unblocker which actually made the smell worse (i don't think there is a blockage in the drain).... my washing machine is brand new.

I'm at a total loss and feeling very stressed as everytime the house is clean...this smell gets very strong. other factors that might be of assistance... it has been very hot out the last few weeks and it seems when it rains the smell lessens... it is a new building site so there's only a certain amount of people living around... and my toilets don't have the best drainage system although i flush them multiple times with washing up liquid to try to keep them clear.

Please help me as i am at my wits end

thanks

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Before we can help we have to have the problem localized for us. Smellydrain, water smells coming out of tub spout, etc. Until we have some place to start we're stopped. Your new home should have a warranty. Complain to your builder, talk to your neighbors in the building. See if they have the same problem. In the meantime let me give you a few places that if I were there I would check. If I thought it was coming from the water I would check the water heater for bacterial growth. Next I would turn to the anode rod in the heater and change it from magnesium to aluminum. Then I would check out the kitchen faucet and the aerator screens for and bacterial growth.
If I thought it might be the drainage or vent I would ask the builder check to see if any vents were left open inside my walls, especially the kitchen vent. Or listen for a "gurgle" or "belch" in a trap when water's being drained. We can tell you what's wrong and how to fix it but first you have to point us in the right direction. We'll wait on your answer. Tom PS. Get your builder and contractor involved.

We recently bought a new house and the water from the well has a sulfer smell (all taps). We have a heavy duty whole house water filter that is installed after the well pump & sand filter, before the pressure tank. It has a Granular Act. Carbon filter - 25 microns (Culligan RFC-BBS). A new filter helped reduce the sulfer smell for about 3 weeks to a month (they're suppose to last about 3 months).

The water tests showed the following (all are mg/L)

Arsenic <0.001
Barium <0.015
Cadmium 0.0002
Chromium - not detectable
Copper 0.069
Fluoride 0.98
Iron <0.028
Lead 0.017 - this is the only one that barely exceeded the Maximum Contaminate level of 0.015, but they said since the house was sitting vacant for a while (6 months or more) that it probably dropped once the well got used more regularly.

Manganese 0.075
Nickel < 0.003
Selenium <0.002
Sodium 54.5 (which was noted as HIGH)
Sulfate 1.6

This test was done just after a new filter was installed.

We also had a bacteria test done as part of the home inspection (ie. Old filter - no water running for quite a few months). The bacteria test showed absence for both Fecal & Total Coliform.

The water also has a slight yellow tinge to it. Is there an additional or different water filtration system that we should look at installing to reduce/eliminate the sulfer smell. We prefer a whole house system as it's no fun to shower in sulfer water - but would consider a system just for the kitchen sink for drinking water.

Any advise, where to start research, etc?
Thanks,
Coleen

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Originally Posted by castalos

We recently bought a new house and the water from the well has a sulfer smell (all taps). We have a heavy duty whole house water filter that is installed after the well pump & sand filter, before the pressure tank. It has a Granular Act. Carbon filter - 25 microns (Culligan RFC-BBS). A new filter helped reduce the sulfer smell for about 3 weeks to a month (they're suppose to last about 3 months).

The water tests showed the following (all are mg/L)

Arsenic <0.001
Barium <0.015
Cadmium 0.0002
Chromium - not detectable
Copper 0.069
Fluoride 0.98
Iron <0.028
Lead 0.017 - this is the only one that barely exceeded the Maximum Contaminate level of 0.015, but they said since the house was sitting vacant for a while (6 months or more) that it probably dropped once the well got used more regularly.

Manganese 0.075
Nickel < 0.003
Selenium <0.002
Sodium 54.5 (which was noted as HIGH)
Sulfate 1.6

This test was done just after a new filter was installed.

We also had a bacteria test done as part of the home inspection (ie. old filter - no water running for quite a few months). The bacteria test showed absence for both Fecal & Total Coliform.

The water also has a slight yellow tinge to it. Is there an additional or different water filtration system that we should look at installing to reduce/eliminate the sulfer smell. We prefer a whole house system as it's no fun to shower in sulfer water - but would consider a system just for the kitchen sink for drinking water.

Any advise, where to start research, etc?
Thanks,
Coleen

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Good morning Coleen,

I live in Florida where we have a sulfur water problem in some areas. We aerate the water. Some build their own using two pumps. A large vat of water and a bank of sprayers that aerate the water from the well where it sets in the holding vat until the house makes a draw. This method will take the sulfur out of the water but the open holding tank makes it necessary to purchase drinking water. The next is a commercial unit and the third is something I found on the web that you might look into. The links to check out are; http://www.dominionwater.com/WaterWe...fide/index.asp
And http://www.pureintake.com/
I can't comment on the last link but it looked interesting enough to include. Good luck, Tom

Thanks for the links. The 2nd one I believe is just the procedures for shock clorinating your well (the "What causes the ..." page implies this). Certainly don't need to pay $$'s for information that is readily available elsewhere.

-Coleen

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Originally Posted by castalos

Thanks for the links. The 2nd one I believe is just the procedures for shock clorinating your well (the "What causes the ..." page implies this). Certainly don't need to pay $$'s for information that is readily available elsewhere.

-Coleen

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Please let me know what you decide. If someone in your household's handy with tools and has some plumbing/electrical knowledge I can show him how to construct a "back yard aerator" using a horse trough, a centrifugal pump and lawn sprinkler heads. Cheers, Tom

Hey if you are still looking for a answer for your smelly cold pipe try this

Step 1: go to your water heater and turn off the valve
Step 2: hook up a hose to the drain at the bottom of the heater and open if
(frist run the hose to the outside or to a drain like your toilet)
Step 3: let all the water drain out ( you may have to open the t&p valve to speed it up)
With the drain open turn on the water to your water heater and flush out all
The slug in the heater.
Step 4: close the t&p valve if open and the drain, let the water heater fill up and test and
See if you smell any oders

Note: if your water heater is more than 6 years old think about replacing it

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