How to remove the smell from the sink. Developed a new method of sewage cleaning (no analogues)

  • Dec 20, 2021
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Based on fifteen years of experience as a plumber, I have created a working method for removing odor from sewage in a severe case, when the source of the odor is difficult to find or the measures taken are enough for a couple weeks.

To the point:

Now I will list the natural methods of eliminating the smell of rot, I will not open "America", but they must be performed in order to start the method that I want to talk about.

Photo by the author, in one of the apartments.
Photo by the author, in one of the apartments.
Photo by the author, in one of the apartments.

First thing we disassemble the siphon, it is located under the sink in the form of a flask or corrugation, we completely rinse it, install it in place. We pass the water. This manipulation often helps. But sometimes the stench continues to haunt our sense of smell.

Secondly we check the correctness of the installation of the overflow tube, it is there that hordes of bacteria accumulate if it has a pocket for storing liquid and food residues. If it is not assembled correctly, then simply flushing the siphon will not help. The tube must be removed, which is quite difficult, and rinsed, while shortening as expected. From practice I will say that this problem exists in many apartments.

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Photo of the author of the article, odors accumulate in this overflow control slope
Photo of the author of the article, odors accumulate in this overflow control slope

My method for removing odor-causing bacteria from the hidden cavities of a sink or sink.

Often, it is from the hole in the kitchen sink and sink that stench comes from, even if it is correctly assembled. What many housewives do is pour detergent and boiling water into this hole. But this method does not solve the problem for long, and it is not always easy to flush this hole.

I suggest doing a chemical flushing of the overflows, effectively removing the causes of unpleasant odors from it, here's what you need to do:

Remove decorative cap, if present:

We take a regular plastic bag, climb under the sink, take out the bell:

We put a bag on the corrugation of the siphon or the branch pipe and put it in the sewer:

This creates an artificial plug, "blockage". Next, we need a chemical agent to clear the blockages. Any granular will do; it reacts actively when interacting with water. You can buy it in any store, in the household chemicals department. Cost from 20 rubles.

It should be poured into the water drain holes. A reaction and interaction will begin and a reactive foam will form, which will begin to expand.

We take the cork and plug the hole. Due to the fact that the foam cannot escape either outside or into the sewer, it begins to rise along the overflow pipe:

GIF washbasin spewing foam
GIF washbasin spewing foam
GIF washbasin spewing foam

Thus, chemistry actively cleans and destroys microbes.

Black foam coming out of the overflow
Black foam coming out of the overflow

After waiting for the end of the reaction, remove the polyethylene from the sewer pipe and reassemble in the reverse order. Next, you should flush the system through the overflow:

Overfilling the washbasin by directing water through the overflow
Overfilling the washbasin by directing water through the overflow

Having filled the sink to the brim, the liquid rinses the overflow channel, for clarity, you can see how much dirt has poured into the bath:

Thus, it was possible to rinse out the hidden cavity, which is often the cause of stench in sinks and sinks.

This method has not been seen anywhere before, it has no analogues, having cleaned it in this way, I told you. I hope you will appreciate it and share it through the button.
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