Our sink in the down stairs loo has started to stink of the sewer the sinks not blocked and the trap is fine, any ideas what I should do next??

 

Works a treat

 

Give tiff a shout matt.

 

When you say that the trap is fine........What do you mean????

If the trap is somehow having the water sucked out of it, then it will lose the "Water trap" that seals the smells coming up from the drains........

 

new trap with build in air vent (lets air out but not in) never have problem again then,with the water been suckd outa the trap

typed that bit wrong its lets air in not out

 

We are like the PassionFord Plumbing Tag Team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That'll be Let's air in (Air Admittance) but not out.

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Has it previously been O.K and has recently started smelling and has nothing been altered anywhere on the drains or plumbing?

Is the over flow on the sink blocked with soap and crap and smelling?

Is the smell definitely coming from the sink waste?

Is there any sign of water leakage from the W.C pan?

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It's probably just bunked up, when our sink pipe blocked up I was poking all sorts of twigs up there to clean it out, turns out that the scale that had built up meant that the inside of the pipe resembled a tube of concrete

So I has to change eveything over to make it nice and new again. Stick some si k unblocked down it and see if it clears the smell, leave it o ernight to do it's work but afterwards pop the trap and see if it's full of black sludge, might just need to clean it out properly.

 

I took the trap off and it had water in it and it was pretty clean so as far as i can tell it was fine

just got home and my missus has had a plumber out and that what he has done but he said he didnt think it was from the drain, but didnt know where it was from, although did say it could be the stink pipe is damaged (the house is only 15 years old)

Cheers for all the help so far

We are moving in around 2 weeks (sods law)

 

Fingers crossed the new vented trap has sorted it the smell has almost gone, guessing I will know for sure tomorrow when I get in from work, going to keep the door shut tonight/ tomorrow and see what its like then

Could have really done without all this

 

You havent left an old pair of skidmarked boxers in the corner have you lol

Steve

 

Who me....... never


Just opened the door for a quick check and the smell is back, so have stuck some plumbers mate around the seal of the pan to soil pipe because i cant be sure its from the sink so thought is worth a try