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    Oct 18, 2008, 09:05 PM
    Garbage disposal smell in the bathroom
    I have a NASTY smell in my bathroom, it smells like sewer and whatever I ground down the disposal in the kitchen!! Do you have any reasons it would smell in the bathroom? The disposal does not smell at all.

    Thank you for your help!
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    Oct 19, 2008, 06:40 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by FIXIT5 View Post
    I have a NASTY smell in my bathroom, it smells like sewer and whatever I ground down the disposal in the kitchen !!! Do you have any reasons why it would smell in the bathroom? The disposal does not smell at all.

    Thank you for your help!
    I would suppect the wax seal on the toilet. Is the smell worse after you flushIf so you have a ruptured seal. What you're smelling is sewer gas expelled by backpressure from the flush. To solve this problem the toilet must be pulled and a new wax seal installed. Good luck, tom

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