P-Trap Cunundrum

Peter H · 2010-07-22T13:10:53+00:00

Hi hope that someone from this excellent group can help with this one.It's sure got me scratching my head.We have a main-floor laundry room with a sink in our two story home.The washer drains into a pipe that joins the sink drain prior to the p-trap. Every week or so we've noticed an awful smell in the laudryroom, which I suspect is a sewage odour, as if the p-trap has lostit's prime. If I run water down the drain the smell eventually goesaway.I've checked under the p-trap but can't find any water there and don'tthink the joint is leaking. It's as if something is sucking the waterout of the trap, but have never heard of this before.The house is located in the greater Toronto area in Canada. The streethas a gentle slope to the south. We have an apartment in the basementof the house, with a full kitchen and bathroom. The second floor has 2bathrooms, but nothing directly over the laundry room.We've taken to just leaving the stopper in the sink as a temporarymeasure, but obviously would like to resolve this problem.Thanks for all replies.Peter H

Jul 22, 2010 22 Replies

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