In the majority of public restrooms, urine is the main source of odor – a small droplet can mean lots of bacteria. The longer urine sits on floors and walls, the stronger the odor becomes.
In most commercial restrooms, the main source of odor is urine. Even small droplets of urine can be a breeding ground for bacteria. The more the bacteria proliferates, the worse the odor becomes. Urine is often trapped on tiles, grout, behind the fixture, and can be spread throughout the restroom on shoes.
If you have access to the drains, the first thing would be to check for a plumbing drain leak. A loose toilet bowl can leak releasing sewer water to the floor or the areas under the floor. Using a slight pressure, try rocking or moving the toilet bowl back and forth or from side to side.
Hair is another place where bacteria like to hide. If you still smell a strong body odor after a shower, consider shaving the hair in your armpits, groin, and chest. The hair's surface is a perfect place for bacteria to call home, and it's harder to eliminate them from the hair than your bare skin.
Improperly Installed, Blocked, or Damaged Vent Pipe
The primary sign pointing to vent pipe problems is a toilet that looks and functions fine but continues to emanate a foul odor that fills the bathroom area, no matter how much you clean.
Leaky pipes in your bathroom walls or under the shower will allow sewer gases – hydrogen sulphide – to escape, causing your shower drain to smell like rotten eggs. Drainage pipes are designed to keep sewer gases contained, and if it's not coming from the P-trap then you have a leak somewhere in your drain line.
Mix baking soda and water to create a paste. Use a sponge to scrub this onto the floor and the base of the toilet. Scrub the caulk and tile grout. Let it sit for a few minutes.
Go take a shower, watch TV, read a book for a while. Then, collect the clothes and give them the sniff test, especially around the pit area and anywhere you sweat profusely. If you find an odor that is unpleasant, that might be an indicator that you have a body odor problem that is leaching into your clothing.
If an odor is coming from your drain or bathroom water, it might be because of sulfur. To be specific, hydrogen sulfide gas creates the unpleasant smell. It is produced because of bacteria and can be in places such as the ground, the sewage, and/or contaminated water and pipes.
The more time that your bonus bathroom goes unused, the more likely that it will develop that bad smell. If that P-trap empties or has dried out, then you can expect that smell to seep through the room, and maybe even the rest of your house.
Not drinking enough water is probably the most common reason for smelly urine. Urine is a combination of water and waste products. If your child is dehydrated, their urine is made up of more waste products than water which can make the urine have a stronger odor.
The smell of urine in your bathroom could be from a leaky seal in your toilet, poor hygiene, or bacteria build-up. If your bathroom smells like urine, it could be because of a leaky seal in your toilet. A leaking seal can cause water to seep out and create a wet environment, which will then attract bacteria.
As you've likely noticed, the smell of urine can linger long after the mess has been cleaned up. While it might seem like nothing gets rid of it, it's actually pretty easy to get rid of urine smell. You just need to get something that will break down uric acid—that's what causes the odor.
Showering destroys these happy bacterial colonies; they're completely wiped out by all of our frequent rubbing and scrubbing. And when the bacteria washed off by soap repopulate, they tend to favour microbes which produce an odor – yes, too-frequent showering may actually make you smell more.
It's the smell of rotten eggs – and it's coming from your drain! It doesn't matter if it's your kitchen sink, your bathroom sink or even the bathtub, this smell can show up unexpectedly! Known as hydrogen sulfide, it forms when bacteria grows either in drains, sewage or in the ground.
Use baking soda
Place a small bowl or vase of baking soda or white vinegar somewhere in the room, suggests Lily Cameron, a cleaning expert at Fantastic Services. “They'll absorb most of the smell in the air,” she says.
Nine times out of 10, a fishy smell throughout the home means you have overheating electrical components (circuit breakers, outlets, wiring, etc.). You see, most wires, circuit breakers, etc. are made with heat resistant chemicals.
Open a window or turn on the exhaust fan. Most bathrooms have exhaust fans above the toilet. Just make sure you've turned on the fan and not the heater portion of the fixture. Leave it running even after you leave the bathroom.
Your genes can also play a big role in how good or bad you smell. In fact some people, no matter how much they shower, still smell bad. Callewaert has found these individuals have a larger amount of “bad” bacteria. His approach is to replace the “bad” bacteria that produce the smell with “good” bacteria.
Groin sweat contains fatty acids and proteins which feed bacteria. As the bacteria break down the nutrients in groin sweat, foul-smelling acids are left behind.
You'd smell
Unsurprisingly, a person would develop quite a funk after 365 showerless days. Rokhsar said your stench likely would come as a result of the bacteria and dead skin accumulating on you. After a year, he said, you'd have a build-up of skin stratum corneum, or dead skin on top of your skin.
Results of the present one month long study showed that many male and female participants were aware of difference in smell of urine of either sex. Those who correctly identified urine samples reported the smell of male as racy or pungent and that of female as piquant or poignant.