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Odour prevention
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ArticleWhy Are My Drains Gurgling? Causes (Partial Blockage, Blocked Vent, Air Admittance Valve, Trap Siphonage, Sewer or Septic Backup) and Step-by-Step FixesA client calls: "Every time the toilet upstairs flushes, the bathroom basin goes glug-glug ." Another says the floor drain bubbles and gurgles whenever the washing machine empties.…
ArticleBlocked bathroom floor drain and standing water: 7 steps to clear the floor drain and waste pipe of hair and soap scum"After a shower the water sits around the floor drain for ten minutes before it goes down, and some days it smells." This is a call plumbers get very often. The most common cause i…
ArticleKitchen sink blocked or draining slowly because of grease: 7 steps to clear a kitchen drain and how to install an under-sink grease trap“My kitchen sink has been draining slowly all week, and now one whole bowl is full of standing water and smells sour.” “When I drain this bowl, water bubbles up in the other one.”…
ArticleInstalling a washing machine correctly: supply valve, overflow- and odour-proof drain hose, levelling the machine and a leak-free test run"The machine is brand new, and a week after it was installed water spilled onto the floor, the bathroom smells of sewage, and when it spins it shakes and walks out of place." Plumb…
ArticleBlocked toilet, water rising when flushed: 7 steps to clear it, from plunger to toilet auger, without breaking anything“When I flush my toilet, the water rises almost to the rim and drains very slowly.” “My child dropped a toy into the toilet and now it won't flush.” A blocked toilet is an urgent c…
ArticleFull septic tank: warning signs, opening the lid safely for inspection, telling it apart from a blocked pipe, and when it needs pumping"For the past few days the toilet has been draining slowly and gurgling, and the back yard stinks." Many young plumbers immediately bring a plunger to unblock the toilet, and two d…
ArticleToilet Leaking at the Base: How to Find the Real Source and Reseat a Floor-Mounted Toilet with a New Outlet SealA client calls about water on the floor around the toilet: a puddle at the base every morning, a dark grout line that never dries, or a stain on the ceiling below. "The toilet is l…
ArticleDrain pipe slope and how to stop bathroom odoursBathroom odours and slow drainage are the two most common complaints a plumber receives. Most of the causes lie in how the drainage was installed: the wrong slope, missing traps, n…