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Help! Smelly Drains. . .

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Velvetsteph
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Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby Velvetsteph » Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:30 pm

Our drain outside stinks when it is in use what can I do to combat the reek?

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Re: Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby ladybird » Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:42 pm

Soap flakes (think that's what I mean - don't have any in to check) sluiced with boiling water.
Or bicarb and vinegar and then sluice that with boiling water.

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Re: Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby tiyuricc » Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:56 pm

i do the bicarb / vinegar / boiling water thing, it works a treat.

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Re: Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby g murphy » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:24 pm

tiyuricc wrote:i do the bicarb / vinegar / boiling water thing, it works a treat.


WSS ^^^^

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Re: Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby Kirstyh » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:26 pm

tiyuricc wrote:i do the bicarb / vinegar / boiling water thing, it works a treat.

This but if there is a blockage further along you may have to get the big guys out x

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Re: Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby becky1978 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:31 pm

Caustic Soda? Probably not very environmentally friendly though.

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Re: Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby Velvetsteph » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:56 pm

Well it's not blocked and it doesn't smell inside but when we're outside it stinks whenever water goes in if that makes sense?

I was going to stick either bleach :oops: or soda crystals and boiling water down all the pipes in the house... It hasn't helped the smell before though :?

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Re: Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby Kirstyh » Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:55 pm

Dead thing in drain?

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Re: Help! Smelly Drains. . .

Postby Velvetsteph » Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:33 pm

Kirstyh wrote:Dead thing in drain?

Not that kind of smell...

Will blitz them tomorrow and see what happens :)


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