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What would cause a mold smell from the toilet bowl if there is no visible mold and bleach in the bowl stopped the smell for one month but now it is back?
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∙ 12y ago
When you flush a toilet you are simply releasing the stored energy of the water held in the tank above it. Gravity does the work as the water from the tank fills the bowl, forcing it to drain. The water from the tank is dispensed around the inside of the upper rim of the toilet bowl. If that is the source of mold and odor, treating the bowl is not enough.
Turn off the water supply valve behind the toilet and flush. The water level in the toilet will then be low enough for you to use an anti-mold product, such as bleach, in a spray bottle to treat the underside of the upper bowl lip where the water comes out. Be careful and use recommended precautions to protect yourself from these chemicals. After giving the treatment time to work, turn the water supply valve back on to fill the tank. You may then want to put some of the chlorine product in the water tank as well and flush to distribute the chlorine treated water through the channels leading to the bowl rim. After that, avoid using the toilet for a while to give the chlorine time to work.
However, you may have another problem which was temporarily masked by putting chlorine in the bowl. You may want to investigate whether or not you have a leak where the toilet is attached to the floor. The toilet is sealed to a "closet flange" under the floor with a wax ring, or "donut" (yum yum!). If a leak is occurring at the floor as a result of the wax ring failing, you may never see the water as it is going down in search of the center of the earth. Along its way it will cause rotting floors and mold in the spaces below.
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