The water in my new house smells like sulfer/iron?

Question

I just bought a new house, it's a new construction. The water was irony when I first bought it, and when you turned on the shower, it had a sulfer - iron like smell. When you wash your hands your hands smell rusty. It's gross.

I used iron out which got rid of the red color in the toilets... but what do I do for the stinky water in the shower and sinks? Is there something you can do to get rid of the odor?

My Zoo · Accepted Answer

Nothing short of a whole house water conditioning system.

Holly9 · Answer

I have some friends who live on a large property that abutts next to a dump.  Their water smells like rotton eggs because it's well water and picks up methane outgassing from the garbage, even though it's maybe 400 yards away... maybe more.  They can even set their water on fire!  I'm not kidding, i've seen them do it.  They use bottled water for drinking.

Hopefully, your problem is not the water source but you need to find out more about it.  Are you on city water?  Call your water department.  Are you on your own system?  Then you'll want to look into a house filtration system appropriate to your water.  If it is just a matter of pipes, then you might have some recourse with the builder, but unfortunately it doesn't sound like this is the problem.

Anonymous · Answer

All I can think of to tell you is get some good charcoal filters. Is it city water or well water? I would think this is something that should have been disclosed to you before buying the house. You shouldn't have to have nasty water in new construction without first being made aware of the situation.

The water in my new house smells like sulfer/iron?

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