Smelly Sink

Marshy007 · 8 May 2006

Just moved into a new home (well new for us) it has one of those contemporary bathroom things that the women love. Any way the sink smells like crazy, it has one of those drainage pipes that is chrome and does not do into a U bend just some trendy \\\'T\\\' style joint. Looks nice but smells to high heaven. Has anyone any advice as to how to fix this (U bend etc - if so must be chrome the Mrs says and look \\\'Nice\\\'). Thanks

Biggles.. · 8 May 2006

That t shape thingy will probably be a bottle trap and the bottom part should unscrew allowing you to empty and clean all the old waste out of it.
Lee

Expertboy · 8 May 2006

It's not because it's chrome, bottle traps in general require cleaning more regular than most traps.

Marshy007 · 9 May 2006

Thanks for the replies, have cleaned it out, rinsed with bleach and it still smells to high heaven, could there be any other possibility ?

JonB · 9 May 2006

Has the basin got an overflow, that might have crud in it.

JonB

Marshy007 · 11 May 2006

No crud in the overflow, would a P Trap help and if so are thesde available in Chrome ?

Expertboy · 12 May 2006

where does the sink waste pipe connect into the drain?

Marshy007 · 17 May 2006

Have replaced the bottle trap with a P trap and it worked, only problem is the P trap is white plastic and we need chrome, anyone any ideas where these can be purchased from ?

Expertboy · 17 May 2006

Try this link below, the chrome traps can be purchased on line and they are located towards the bottom of the page.

http://www.waltonbathrooms.co.uk/sp...uname=HANSGROHE&level=2&parent=3238&category=

Alternitively if you have a bathroom showroom locally you may be able to pick one up from there.

Good luck.

ChrisR · 17 May 2006

Bottle traps aren't inherently smelly, the critical thing is the "seal" which is the effective depth of the trap, say 50 or 75mm.
If there's a fault in the design of the waste plumbing or maybe a blockage, the "seal" can be broken by waste acting like a piston in the pipe and pulling the water down. Then foul air can get back up the pipe and it niffs. The solution may be a small "air admittance valve", near the trap - possibly outside.

Is there a long pipe run?

Expertboy · 17 May 2006

ChrisR said:
Bottle traps aren't inherently smelly, the critical thing is the "seal" which is the effective depth of the trap, say 50 or 75mm.
If there's a fault in the design of the waste plumbing or maybe a blockage, the "seal" can be broken by waste acting like a piston in the pipe and pulling the water down. Then foul air can get back up the pipe and it niffs. The solution may be a small "air admittance valve", near the trap - possibly outside.

Is there a long pipe run?

Whenever i go out to a problem in the schools where i work, the stink is from a bottle trap, so i would say they are !!!

JohnD · 17 May 2006

Perhaps I'm unlucky, but whenever I go to my mother's house, I find the bottle-trapped basin and sink are draining slowly and need cleaning out, so I don't think they're much good either. No tea leaves or dripping down there.

ChrisR · 17 May 2006

Certainly the waterways are pretty narrow, and twistier, especially in those posh cylindrical ones.
But I can't see smelly....

Nige F · 17 May 2006

Expertboy said:
schools where i work, the stink is from a bottle trap, so i would say they are !!!

Little buggers s weeing in the basins

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