- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 4•4 months ago
Cover? Cheap and easy. Could be something as simple as a towel until you can find a replacement drain with cover.
- RedCarCastle ( @RedCarCastle@aussie.zone ) 3•4 months ago
Try flushing every drain point, sinks, showers, Laundry, toilets, outside, with a heap of water, and chemicals to if it will make you feel better, Drano worked for me in my old place.
I think there’s no P trap installed so no point of pouring in water and chemical.
- RedCarCastle ( @RedCarCastle@aussie.zone ) 3•4 months ago
Unless someone has built it super dodgy there most certainly would be one, if not near the inlet of the drain then certainly before the sewer big old cast iron thing, probably underground, if you live in town. if you’re brought an old farm house that old mate built himself then lord only knows
I am sure the previous owner got some dodgy plumber to save some money. He was an Italian guy and was living an awful life in that house. None of the windows worked , shitty paint etc. I am trying to fix all one by one. Also, I live in the city , its a duplex.
- RedCarCastle ( @RedCarCastle@aussie.zone ) 2•4 months ago
There would still be one in the ground, would of been put in probably when the main sewer line was put in, like 100 years ago depending on where you live, anyway waters cheap so I’d say give it a ago, at worst it’s not gonna fix it.
I have tried water, bleach, soapy water , detergent etc but the smell is still there. During summers it gets worst. Its weird that the smell comes from just this one drain. Fuck the plumber who did it. Most of these TAFE guys with mullet are fucking idiots. I am planning to cut open the drain and may be pour in plumbers putty.
- RedCarCastle ( @RedCarCastle@aussie.zone ) 1•4 months ago
Yer it’s wired that it’s only one drain, There could be a jagged edge somewhere down the pipe that could have caught a mass of something that’s slowly rotting away, you can get hand cranked pipe snake there a few metres long, probably 30bucks, might get you outta trouble,
I am sure the smell is from the sewer and not something rotting. I have noticed when its windy outside that when I notice the smell so definitely sewer. How can I check if theres a P trap in there ? I tried using a torch but can’t really see properly. Should I just cut open the floor drain?
- Yer Ma ( @JoMomma@lemm.ee ) 3•4 months ago
Borax and boiling (near) water
There’s no P trap
- Yer Ma ( @JoMomma@lemm.ee ) 1•4 months ago
Oh, yeah that would be bad
- useless_modern_god ( @useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ) 2•4 months ago
Yes. Pour hot soapy water down that and any other drains near it. The trap has dried out.
I don’t think it has P trap installed. I already tried water , bleach etc but the smell is still there.
- useless_modern_god ( @useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ) 2•4 months ago
Floors drains are required to have traps so there’s something else that drains into that would be the culprit. I knew someone else with this problem and discovered the hot water service overflow tray was actually plumbed up to drain into the laundry floor drain. The trap had dried out on the overflow tray and was causing the floor drain to smell as well.
Ah ok…towards its left is the toilet, towards the right is another floor drain (in front of wash basin) and further right ,its the shower. I am sure the smell comes from the drain (pic I posted ) others don’t smell. That makes me wonder if p trap was not installed
- useless_modern_god ( @useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ) 3•4 months ago
Well without looking at it, I can’t offer much more assistance, congrats on the house. It’s a small miracle to buy anything decent these days.
- CEOofmyhouse56 ( @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ) 2•4 months ago
I would have suggested cloudy ammonia but you’ve already poured bleach down there. Not a good idea now.
Pouring anything down there will not help because I think there’s no P trap installed.