Bathroom Smells Like Fish

After finding out whether the water was the cause of the sewer like smell probably you have realized this was not the cause.

Bathroom smells like fish. So the fish smell was greatest after having been in the bathroom with all of the lighting on for 15 20 minutes. Sewer smells in your bathroom can result from a few different issues so you ll need to spend a bit of time in the room to sniff out the source. While i m not certain why this happened i have a theory.

Trimethylaminuria better known as fish odor syndrome is a rare disorder that causes a person s bodily emissions to smell like fish. That outlet was essentially used as a juntion box for all the wiring of the bedroom and bathroom. The smell seems to be coming from the showerhead rather than the power unit but due to the shower cabinet being closed whist in use it could be from either.

Maybe it is was something like that. Also formaldehyde is used more to make plastic or foam polymers rather than. Alan retired home owner june 2013.

Slightly fishy not the sort of smell i would expect from a leaking pipe etc. I ve tried blocking off the extractor plugged the sink and a plumber has removed the toilet and capped the waste pipe but the smell remains and we can t seem to get rid of it. I googled to see what else i could try and to my amazement i found out that when wires are melting burning they cause this horrible smell.

Is something fishy in your home. If your toilet smells like fish you could have a plumbing or electrical problem or just a bad case of bathroom mold. Formaldehyde smells more like vinegar or pickles than fish.

To get rid of the smell but nothing seemed to shift it. Once you ve identified where the odor is. Clogged venting pipes are why bathroom sink smells like sewer.