Many women, in order to maintain a favorable atmosphere in the house, constantly clean and wash all surfaces. But it often happens that not one advertised product helps to cope with the smell of sewage from the bathroom. When not a single air freshener helps and the fetid smell spreads throughout the apartment, you should turn to the causes of the “aroma” and how to eliminate it.
Why does the bathroom smell like sewage
The content of the article
- Why does the bathroom smell like sewage
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Ways to get rid of the smell of sewage
- Professional
- Folk
The increased content of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide in the air leads to a number of complex diseases, as well as deterioration in the quality of life of households, sleep disturbances, contributes to increased irritability and nervous disruptions.
To determine the cause of the unpleasant smell, you need to have an idea about the system of sanitary equipment in the bathroom and throughout the house. The main pipe is a riser, takes over the drains from all apartments in an apartment building. All drains from plumbing fixtures located in the living room are drained there.
Plumbing with siphons and drain pipes are constantly filled with water, which provides a reliable water seal. Partial or complete disappearance of water from pipes contributes to the appearance of odor. The smell quickly enters the bathroom, and from there it spreads throughout the apartment.
Experts identify several more causes of an unpleasant smell in the apartment:
- initially incorrect installation of sewer and runoff pipes;
- Incorrect angle of inclination of sewer pipes;
- violations in the operation of the siphon;
- leaks in the pipes;
- poor ventilation system;
- clogged pipes.
Important! If the cause of the smell was improper installation of plumbing, you should redo the installation of quality, contacting professional craftsmen.
For the rest of the causes of the murderous “aroma,” you can easily deal with the problem on your own. Elementary precautions in the form of a net for draining the bathtub and continuous cleaning can minimize the risks of clogging and the smell of sewage.
Ways to get rid of the smell of sewage
The first thing that the owners of the apartment should do is to establish the cause of the unpleasant smell. If the problem is in the installation, then you should contact the professionals. If the reason lies in the violation of the operation of the hood or depressurization of pipes, you can try to fix the problem yourself.
Professional
A person must soberly evaluate his own abilities. If there is no desire or skills to do such work, it is better to contact a professional workshop where they will certainly help to solve the problem of unpleasant amber throughout the apartment.
There are several situations where plumbing assistance is needed:
- improper installation (violations during the installation of plumbing and ventilation can lead to the spread of terrifying "aroma", you have to completely redo the system);
- lack of proper extraction (it’s very simple to check, just put a sheet of paper on the grill of the ventilation shaft - it should be attracted by air currents).
If the owners decided to change the old system to a new one, it is better to entrust the work to professionals. This will provide strong confidence in the quality and durability of the work done.
Folk
If the cause of the stench is a blockage in the drain, pipe leakage or other simple problems, you can deal with them yourself using folk methods. There are quite a lot of them, and each housewife can choose the one that is most suitable for herself.
First you need to establish a blockage. This can be done by checking the drain in the bathroom, sink, toilet. Only after that it is recommended to take up cleaning products, including folk ones.
Our grandparents, mothers and fathers did not have the opportunity to use expensive cleaning products and used improvised products to effectively clean the bath from blockages:
- table salt (just pour a large amount of salt into the drain pipe, and after a couple of hours rinse with a stream of hot water);
- table vinegar + baking soda (for cleaning you will need 5-6 tablespoons of baking soda, which are also poured into the sewer of the bath, then with a thin stream, trying not to damage the enamel, pour table vinegar; closing the drain with a stopper, leave overnight; in the morning it will be enough to rinse the drain with plenty of warm water);
- Alka-Seltzer tablets (effervescent tablets are lowered directly into the drain pipe and poured into a thin stream table vinegar, two minutes is enough to easily remove dirt; rinse with plenty of warm water).
Important! The ventilation system also needs to be thoroughly checked and corrected, if any.
The slightest doubt in one's own strength should become an occasion for inviting a professional plumber. Only an experienced craftsman is able to give a guarantee of getting rid of the sewer smell in the apartment.
