Sink problem

DannyDrama

DannyDrama

DannyDrama

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There's a god awful smell in my kitchen and I think it's coming from the sink, I have checked everything else and can't find anything. Problem is there's nothing to see with the sink either, not blocked or anything.

Landlord is useless, advice needed. Pooing through letterboxes/nuking from orbit has already been considered. Cheers.
 
Take it you have cleaned out the u-bend under the sink? Big bottle of thick bleach down ther, bit of drain cleaner after rinsing that down, boiling water down there also?
 
Are you sure it's the sink and not the drain outside and the smell is just getting in through the sink pipework?
 
So I called Thames Water this morning and they sent someone out to look at the drains, everything is clear as far as their assets go. Here's what's been done so far:

U-bend for sink checked, cleaned, all clear.

U-bend for boiler checked, cleaned, all clear.

Drains checked, all clear.

Panels under cupboards removed, back of cupboard removed, all clear.

Not sure where to go from here, have called the housing association and they say they will call me monday. Not sure what they will/can do though, any ideas would be helpful. Thanks.
 
Do you have a dishwasher or washing machine plumbed into the sink trap? If so, it may be smells coming from that/them and not the sink/drains themselves.

The spigot for the washing/dishwasher is the 'wrong side' of the water-trap, so smells can get through if the pipes are full of smelly, goo-ee, sludgey, stuff.
 
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BadMojo said:
Do you have a dishwasher or washing machine plumbed into the sink trap? If so, it may be smells coming from that/them and not the sink/drains themselves.

The spigot for the washing/dishwasher is the 'wrong side' of the water-trap, so smells can get through if the pipes are full of smelly, goo-ee, sludgey, stuff.
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I have a washing machine, yeah. There's a removable panel and the front on the bottom, the plumber said there would be a filter behind a red cover there but I looked and it's just a gap under the machine. He also said running some soda crystals through it might help but it hasn't. I put some down the sink too but no go.
 
I sometimes get pongs out of my kitchen sink and think it's due to my washing machine. The last time I checked (dismantled trap) it was pretty clear, but the washing machine hose was caked in black sludge and smelled.

It never happened in my last house which was configured the same way. I wondered if it was the hose routed differently and dirty water wasn't being drained away fully.

Anyway, I've upped the 'maintenance washes' (boil wash, with detergent, no clothes) in the hope it prevents it.
 
koolpc said:
Could be a dead rat in there somewhere!
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That was my first thought, I have a couple of snakes so at first I thought maybe I'd dropped a mouse or something but I searched for two days before discounting that. This is a one-bed flat so not many places to search.

I would for sure notice if I dropped one but imagine the embarrassment of calling someone out only for them to point out a dead rodent under the washing machine. :D

BadMojo said:
I sometimes get pongs out of my kitchen sink and think it's due to my washing machine. The last time I checked (dismantled trap) it was pretty clear, but the washing machine hose was caked in black sludge and smelled.

It never happened in my last house which was configured the same way. I wondered if it was the hose routed differently and dirty water wasn't being drained away fully.

Anyway, I've upped the 'maintenance washes' (boil wash, with detergent, no clothes) in the hope it prevents it.
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Yeah I've put some soda crystals through it, hopefully that did it. Can't be sure yet as the smell seems to come in waves but it's worse in the evening so time will tell.
 
DannyDrama said:
Been on to the the housing association and they're not interested, their suggestion? Keep a diary of it. :confused:
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That's crazy, what the **** do they expect?

Day one - It stinks

Day two - It still stinks

Day three - Yeah it stinks pretty bad still

Day four - Stinks

In terms of trying to find the culprit, have you checked the vent on the soil pipe? If it's blocked that can cause all sorts of weird problems.
 
I never even heard of a damn soil pipe dude, that's why I need someone here to help me but people have no sense of giving a ****.

Today is the last straw, if I don't get a call back in an hour I'm calling them to raise hell. How do they expect someone to sit in the smell of **** and **** for over a week? As I say it's a one-bed flat so there's not even anywhere to escape it.
 
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