I've narrowed it down to the shower trap, which appears to be the source of the smell & has been found empty on occassion. Doesn't appear to be leaking anywhere, so I assumed it was being sucked dry by some kind of siponing.
The waste feeds into a soil pipe and there is an air admittance valve on that - which I've changed - but not solved the problem.
Do you reckon one of these HepVo's might sort it? Not come across them before.
IME it'll take far more back-pressure than a wet trap - even a deep one - correctly intalled. There are some figures somewhere but I can't remember where I saw them.
Well, filling a v. deep U-trap (new one, before fitting!) - the adjustable sort - and blowing back through it sprayed water everywhere (in the garden, fortunately. I can exceed the top limit of a peak volume meter and was a bit over-enthusiastic with the trap). With the HepVo I couldn't blow back at all. Yes, there might be an issue with something in the sleeve preventing a perfect seal, but this could happen with any sort of vent and with a trap a thread or a couple of longish hairs will slowly drain the water out.
Hepworth's site is a nightmare to navigate, as most searches yield loads of pics. and logos, but if you go to
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search for CV1, unticking all boxes except Literature and Building/Installation there are 4 PDFs. An interesting one is MMHPG for marine installations - the HepVo waste will work at an angle that would empty a wet trap - or fill it!
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