It looks like a durgo value, you use it to ventilate the soil pipes and stops smells coming into the room. Hence why you get a smell when its off.
Like an XL siphon trap?
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It looks like a durgo value, you use it to ventilate the soil pipes and stops smells coming into the room. Hence why you get a smell when its off.