Smelly Toilet

[Brewster]

I have an old toilet in a downstairs cloakroom and there is a bad smell when the room is left closed up. No smelly bottom jokes please.
It has a swan neck from the back of the pan straight into a soil pipe. I think the gasket that seals the two has perished and allows foul air to escape into the room.
I asked a plumber who said it would be best to replace the toilet.

I have asked at some of my local merchants and no one seems to know where to get a new gasket/seal.

I have attached a photo, can anyone offer any advice or a solution.

Many Thanks

 

[Mike Jackson]

Looks like a straight multikwik to me.

 

[CES]

I was thinking the same thing Mike

 

[Dotty]

Same here, no need for a new khazi, bit of a clean, new multikwik, different plumber and Bob's yer aunties lover!

 

[SimonG]

Do you have a basin in the same room and there's water in the trap?

 

[stevetheplumber]

it will depend how the pan is fixed if its screwed down your ok if its down with sand and cement then it may be better to denso the joint to rule out smell not pretty but with a coat of white gloss passable

 

[Dotty]

Or tec7 it. Plumbcenter do a crystal clear version. I think it's brilliant!

 

[SimonG]

Tried that a few weeks back, pretty impressive once you can get it out the tube. Build centre gave me a tube to try, so don't know if it was meant to be as stiff as it was.

 

[Dannypipe]

Tec 7 is pretty much the same as all the other 'modified' polymers that are coming out on the market:

Stick like S***
The Worx,
Plumbers Gold,
CT1,
Stixall MS Polymer

They're all the same thing really. Some like Tec7 and the Worx are a bit thicker, and harder to squeeze out. All pretty amazing though and make it possible to repair something with a bit of splodge that would have otherwise been a total pig.

For instance this job, if the WC is cemented to the floor, I would def' try sealing the connection with one of the above first and see how it went.

 

[AWheating]

as above, clean up and seal with some gunk before looking to remove pan as its a smell problem.