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Well this was a basement bathroom shower that we dont use and probably wont use, so I didnt even thing to really check IN the drain since it was draining, but it was not pleasant when I looked in there :eek:

Wow, I am overwhelmed just reading all of that. We just bought a new house this past summer and there was LOTS of work to do but nothing like that. You are in the right place. Good look with everything...at least you have a plan...GREAT place to start. Hows it all coming?

So I took the drain cover off and it looks as though there was just years of CRAP plastered to the sides of the drain, so it just needed a REAL good cleaning and some baking soda =) Drainage was great, water level was good. I think that should pretty much solve my issue =)

Im not sure if this is the right forum, but I am guessing it is. I dont do a ton with plumbing, but recently the shower in our basement was giving off a peculiar smell. So I got a little closer and it turns out its coming from the drain. We dont ever use this shower and the smell is not coming...

I agree with Neal, my in-laws has that very thing happen to them in their basement bathroom. Their were a couple existing cracks around the shower surround location, that used some cheap patching to fill, figured it would not be any harm. I did not get a chance to see what the tile guys laid...

Red Devil masonry and concrete caulk also worked VERY well for me. I had some brick wall breaking free from a concrete block wall. I was rather skeptical and thinking was going to have to do a lot of brick work, but this stuff worked great. Fairly inexpensive too. I live in SE Michigan so the...