Ok, everyone seems to be able to find an answer to the questions that stump them here, so I thought I would try.
Approx 2 years ago, we renovated our office building. Complete gut job, the only thing remaining was the exterior shell. All new plumbing, heating, cooling, windows, etc.
We moved back into the building just before Labor Day. Approx 2 months later, the hot water had a rotten egg/sulfur smell to it. We were told to drain the water heater, smell went away for about a month or 2. We were told to drain the water heater, turn it all the way up over the weekend, and drain again. The smell went away for a month or 2. It was then suggested that we get a new water heater as there must be something in the one we just got that was reacting with the magnesium rod and emitting the sulfur smell.
Had another new water heater installed and after a few months the water started to smell again. Now, both the cold and hot water give off a rotten egg odor. Contacted the city and they asked what kind of pipe we put in and said every once in a while the pvc pipe must react with the chemicals they use to treat the water and that is our problem. Said it should go away after awhile. Problem is, our business doesn’t go through a lot of water so I don’t know how long that will take.
Is there anybody that knows what could be causing this? And what can be done to fix it? Nobody in the office wants to drink the water, make coffee with the water, heck hardly want to wash hands with it. I’ve got to fix it, but don’t feel like getting a new water heater every 3 months.
Thanks.
JD