Q: We live in a four-bedroom house built in 1995. For about a year, drain flies have been congregating behind our washing machine in the unfinished section of our basement. The finished side of ...

Inspect p-traps. One of the most common culprits of offensive drain smells is a dry p-trap. The p-trap holds water in the U-shaped bend of the pipe, which keeps sewer gas from seeping into your home.

A Dry Water Trap is Causing the Sewer Smell. The most likely cause is a water trap under a floor drain, laundry tub or wash ...

Bell-trap drains are used because they have a small perimeter trap that ostensibly intercepts silt before it gets into the drain pipe and clogs it, but we both know it doesn’t take much to clog ...

If you already own a dehumidifier and have a basement drain, you […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 33°F. Sunday, January 26th 2025 Daily e-Edition. Evening e-Edition.

You read the headline correctly. We’re discussing the T-trap not the P-trap. First, a little Plumbing 101. The P-trap is that P-shaped curl in the drain below the sink (and other plumbing fix… ...

A: S-shaped drains, also known as S-traps, were used for many years before industry-standard changes. First, we need to talk about the plumbing vent. Without a vent system, the drains will drain ...

Parts of the sink drain-line 1-faucet and handles, 2-sink counter, 3-strainer, 4-tailpipe, 5-sampling ports, 6-traparm, 7-P-trap b) schematic of the nutrient regimen and c) offset drain-tailpiece ...

Deal with the smell. At this point, you’re ready to tackle the actual smell. To do that, Scalisi suggests the following methods: Place bowls of baking soda around different parts of your ...