Kitchen plug hole smells!

moosticks

Hello all, I hope this is the correct place to ask such a question...

Last Tuesday I moved into a new flat, which has been completely refurbished. Having cooked a few times, I noticed after washing up a foul odour continues to linger once the drain has been let out! I don't suspect this is due to any form of blockage being such a new system, but I have tried things such as bicarb down the plug hole, etc, to try and rid of the smell. Nothing seems to have worked! I'm pregnant and have a ridiculously sensitive sense of smell right now, and this odour is driving me nuts! NUTS!

Please, please, please...does anyone have an obscure way to rid of this problem? I'm on the brink of finding ways to give myself anosmia just to escape the foul smell of yesterday's tuna pasta bake!

elsien

Try something a bit stronger like a proper drain cleaner, or washing soda crystals to start with.
My mum had a similar problem which in her case turned out to be the water not fully draining (due to the pipes being too hoizontal with not enough of a drop, not a blockage as such) so the dirty water wasn't fully leaving the system.

wallbash

If the waste is draining correctly , won't be a blockage.
I wondering about the U -bend , smell coming up from the drains??

Temp fix . stick plug in hole

been completely refurbished.

Did that include kitchen sink??

wallbash

so the dirty water wasn't fully leaving the system.

Could be . Try running some clean water . after 'foul'

But someone has too have a closer look.

boliston

I find that the cillit bang drain cleaner gets rid of the smells from the kitchen sink pretty well.

moosticks

Tried running water through the system - this seemed to make it worse!

wallbash wrote: »

Did that include kitchen sink??

It sure did - everything is shiny and new and makes my body tingle with glee!

Erm..will get my fella to check the u-bend and possibly purchase some cillit bang should the former fail to offer any solutions! I was trying to avoid putting massively strong substances down there as it makes me feel bad. In this case, however, my nose is outweighing my conscience. Thanks guise!

wallbash

everything is shiny and new

But stinks :eek:

Put plug in , leave sink with some water in . Will stop smell , at least for tonight!

Swipe

Put a bit of bleach down there

shandypants5

Are you sure the smell is actually coming from the plug hole?

If the U bend is full of water (as it should be) then the only smell should be from the clean water trapped in the U.
The U bend is supposed to act as an airlock to stop smells from the main drain getting back into the house.

A few years ago we had a leaky sink drain pipe that was making the floor under the sink unit wet and mouldy.
We couldnt see it because of the plinth, but it used to smell worse when you ran any hot water down the drain.

Once the leak was fixed and it dried out it was fine.

GreenSheep

the u-bend should remain full acting as an 'air-scrubber' and not allow any smell back up the pipe.
basicly the smell has to be before the u-bend or inside it.

i would stick a 48p bottle of bleech down there, leave it a good while, flush it through with a load of water.
if it still smells after that i'd take the u-bend off and clean it out.

depending on the quality of the install you might want to take it off anyway, even if the smell is gone after the bleech just to be sure.
but in recent years i've been disappointed by the quality of a lot of fittings and in one case, simply removed a u-bend in a brand new install and then had to use plumbers mate when putting it back as it was all mis-shaped.

cheers, GreenSheep

mazza111

My mother moved into a place with a new kitchen just installed. Lovely, clean and smelly. Water was draining away ok, but took the U bend off just to be on the safe side. Was some carpet threads stuck down there along with some plastic from the sink. Big enough to get stuck but not little enough to pass through. Would take the U bend off just to be on the safe side.