How to get rid of unpleasant odors from the ventilation duct?
Good day. I bought an apartment in a new building. After checking in, strange odors began in the culinary bathroom: fried fish or meat!
I wrote to the Criminal Code, a specialist came from the developer, but it was of little use. Pipes of hot and cold water pass in the bathroom, the risers are sewn up initially, only viewing windows are left to take meter readings. The culinary smell with an admixture of tobacco smoke somehow comes from there! There are ventilation ducts in the toilet and in the kitchen, but the smell comes from the bathroom!
And we also have a hall for 8 apartments, closed by a door. Periodically, the smell is there, but not connected with mine. The second year is just flour, it’s impossible to use the bathroom normally. How to be
Good afternoon, Irina. With problems of this nature, very many apartment owners face. Ventilation apparently performed in violation, which leads to similar consequences.
Most likely the layout of the apartments of your house involves a kitchen close to the bathroom. People on the floor below are constantly open the door to the bathroom and the smells from the kitchen partially come to you.
Once a specialist came, it means that the ventilation duct is clean. There is only one way to deal with this phenomenon - the installation of forced ventilation with a check valve. I recommend immediately putting a silent model.
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