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Old House With Smelly Pipes

I recently bought a house, an old one built in like 1930s. It is semidetached. My problem is on the bedroom level, the bathroom and more so the bedroom next to the bathroom has an odor - a bad odor. It smells like rotten wood and backed up sewer.

The bedroom has paneling. It also has a panel door where if you open it, you can see the pipes and stuff and smell the odor. I am assuming these are the toilet pipes? When I walk in the house, it smells like fish of some sort. The half bathroom on the kitchen level also smells, but with a different smell.

How do I get rid of this odor. I spray lysol everyday when I come in. Could the the paneling have something to do with it? It has been there for some time. The whole house had the paneling but I took all of it out so this is the only room left with the paneling.

Do I need to just change the toilets? Would that help? Or do the pipes need to be changed as well? Isn't that expensive? What else should I do? I plan to make that room my baby's room, but I am not sure if that is safe for him/her?

Please help,
Pooh from DC

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