Sink/Plumbing
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My kitchen sink doesn't smell too good.
I was looking at the plumbing and I notice the trap? thingy has two drain connections? left open?
Should these be plugged if not in use? Any other reason the sink would smell?
My kitchen sink doesn't smell too good.
I was looking at the plumbing and I notice the trap? thingy has two drain connections? left open?
Should these be plugged if not in use? Any other reason the sink would smell?
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The spare outlets should be capped, the smell / gassy odours will be coming back up the waste pipe and exiting through these open outlets
Close these off and the smell shouldn't be able to get back through the bottle trap
(albeit it's mounted on it's side a bit rather that vertical)
this wee write up should help you
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects...etrapswork.htm
Close these off and the smell shouldn't be able to get back through the bottle trap
(albeit it's mounted on it's side a bit rather that vertical)
this wee write up should help you
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects...etrapswork.htm
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The spare outlets should be capped, the smell / gassy odours will be coming back up the waste pipe and exiting through these open outlets
Close these off and the smell shouldn't be able to get back through the bottle trap
(albeit it's mounted on it's side a bit rather that vertical)
this wee write up should help you
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects...etrapswork.htm
Close these off and the smell shouldn't be able to get back through the bottle trap
(albeit it's mounted on it's side a bit rather that vertical)
this wee write up should help you
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects...etrapswork.htm
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so is the waste outlet, that's why the fumes / odour is escaping out of the open outlets
the waste goes down into the bottle trap, liquid rises and goes down the waste pipe
So if the outlets were capped, the waste outlet's fumes can't escape / return up to the sink as the pipe between the sink into the bottle trap is sealed with the water in the trap
(check out the trap pictures in the link)
the waste goes down into the bottle trap, liquid rises and goes down the waste pipe
So if the outlets were capped, the waste outlet's fumes can't escape / return up to the sink as the pipe between the sink into the bottle trap is sealed with the water in the trap
(check out the trap pictures in the link)
Last edited by elgassi; 04 June 2017 at 10:23 PM.
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Is that one at 10 o'clock really open? Unless you've given it a good clean or the photo is changing the angle, that doesn't look like it could be open without chucking out liquid regularly.
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What is all that stuff you're talking about exactly? I think it does need replacing. The tilted bottle is stopping the trap working. Either I replace everything properly (not sure what I actually need), or maybe a longer waste flex hose and try and rotate the assembly to the left a little to level out the bottle.
Last edited by tony de wonderful; 05 June 2017 at 04:29 PM.