Smelly toilet

Encourage him to sit down when weeing, if his aim/eyesight is not as good as it was.

My dtr had to deal with this in my ex husband’s house, caused an accumulation of careless drips. I agree a steam clean might help but if it has seeped its way into the tiles / grout you might need to do what they did and pull up the tiles and lay new ones. I did see somewhere that a good scrub with shaving cream helps but haven’t tried it. Good luck.

A smell of that magnitude is unlikely to be caused by a badly glazed lavvy pan. I think you need a plumber to examine the joints at the back of the lavvy pan.

Have you tried a huge dose of washing soda in the pan and a vigorous scrub with the brush before flushing? Is the flush strong enough to get waste right round the S bend?

I’ve noticed that most toilets are siliconed to the floor - if yours isn’t, could a few drops of urine have seeped underneath, if your DH is a bit careless?
Try slipping a sheet of loo roll in where the base sits on the floor and see if anything gets absorbed.

zoflora seems to get rid of most smells, steam can help too if you purchase a steam cleaner

Thanks - I'll try steaming it. My OH hasn't got very good aim and I think that's what caused the problem.

I'll come back when it's done to let you know how I got on.

Thank you.

I had a new toilet fitted a few years ago that always smells awful. I was so grateful that a local plumber was happy to fit just a toilet but it turned out he seemed to have a horrible cheap toilet that he wanted to get rid of. The seat is a discontinued size which can’t be replaced and it’s a horrible plastic that never smells clean no matter how much I bleach or disinfect it. However, one thing that does seem to have worked is a steam cleaner that I borrowed from someone recently. A quick blast from it every now and again followed by applying some Zoflora and I think it smells much better.

If you have tried all the usual things then I would suggest that you get a plumber in to look at it. I moved into my ground floor flat with a very nice tiled bathroom, shower, toilet washbowl, underfloor heating and very clean looking. But what I didnt know was there there was a leak from behind the toilet. It was not noticeable for a very long time and I ended up having to have the whole bathroom ripped out and redone. A major hassle and had to move out to a hotel that first day as no working toilet etc. Have never had anything like this happened before and it is the fact that you have no idea until disaster strikes. I am not suggesting that you will be in the same position, but if you have done all this work and there is still no improvement then I would think a plumber is your best bet. Could there be a problem with the S bend where the smell is not being taken away?

Hope you can find a solution soon