The unpleasant odors that appear in the toilet quickly spread throughout the apartment or house, reducing comfortable living conditions. Fighting this trouble with fresheners and airing will not work. We must look for reasons to permanently eliminate the unpleasant odor from the sewer in the toilet.
Causes of unpleasant odors
There are two main causes of stench. Removing them, you can solve the problem:
- The plumbing fixture installed in the toilet room is clogged.
- Santekhpribor was installed with violations of the installation process.
But there are other factors that affect the efficient operation of plumbing. The first of these is the lack of water in the siphon. This water barrier provides protection against odors from the sewer pipe. If for some reason there is no water in the trap, you need to fix it. This usually happens if a plumbing fixture has not been used for a long time. The water inside the siphon simply dries.
Another reason is the improper installation of the water seal. Here you need to consider two options: installation of corrugated and bottle siphon.
In the first case, the corrugation was incorrectly formed. She was pulled out without creating a knee in which a water plug forms. Correcting this error is simple. It is necessary to bend the corrugated hose so that a knee is formed with a bend to the floor.
In the second case, the error is an incorrectly installed outlet pipe entering the sewer pipe. If it is located vertically above the siphon chamber (bottle), polluted air and gases from the sewage system will begin to move over the water plug. The problem is also solved easily. It is necessary to lower the outlet pipe below the bottle compartment of the hydraulic lock by 2-3 cm.
The third reason is siphon clogging. Deposits will begin to settle on the walls of the device, decompose and emit unpleasant odors. This rarely happens with sinks, but if such a nuisance has occurred, the water seal must be dismantled, disassembled and cleaned, and then the device installed in the reverse order. You can not disassemble the fixtures, but use household chemicals to clean the sewer system. The main thing is to choose the right drug.
If the sewer system is assembled from plastic elements, then do not fill in chemicals with a high acid content. The latter will just corrode the plastic.
The fourth reason is clogged sewer pipes. Here, as with the hydraulic shutter, you can use chemicals. But if the mud plug is large and solid, you cannot do without a plumbing cable. To do this, you will have to call the plumbing or try to do it yourself with your own hands, after purchasing a cable that is sold in any hardware store. The main thing is to choose the right length of the tool, which depends on the length of the sewer system in the apartment or house.
The fifth reason is a leak in the joints of the sewer network. This is the most serious violation of the installation process. However, a sealed joint is difficult to detect. Especially if it is located in an inaccessible place. Through such a junction, sewage begins to drip, and this place exudes an unpleasant odor.
Often in private houses and apartments they conduct hidden sewage wiring, laying pipes and fittings in walls and floors, blocking them with repair mortars. In places of leaks on the supporting structures of the building erosion forms, which eventually become moldy.The unpleasant odor from this is doubled, moreover, mold negatively affects the health of residents.
The sixth reason is poorly functioning ventilation. This system in houses and apartments is built on the principle of natural removal of air masses. The installed plastic windows and hermetic entrance doors negate the efficiency of the working system, because the incoming air volume is reduced to almost zero. And without fresh air, ventilation does not work.
This problem can be solved in two ways:
- formation of forced ventilation;
- installation of through pipes at the floor.
The latter option is simple, efficient, economically viable and non-volatile. Holes with a diameter of 5 cm under each window (between the window sill and the radiator) completely solve the problem.
Toilet smell
If the toilet stinks unpleasantly, it can be caused by uncleanliness of the owners. To solve the problem, you just need to wash the plumbing fixture with the help of special household chemicals. And you need to do this with a frequency of 1 time per week, at least.
The second reason is a loose connection of the toilet with a sewer pipe. If water leaks at the junction, you should invite the plumber, disassemble the pipe, carry out sealing measures and install it in place. The toilet is connected to the pipe with a transfer pipe in the form of a knee or large diameter corrugation.
Connection points are a bell-shaped system: the entry of one pipe into another. Inside the larger set a rubber cuff, which creates a tight junction of the two elements to each other. Experienced plumbers add silicone sealant, which increases the tightness of the structure.
The knee is preferable because the inner plane of the corrugated pipe is the ribs with voids between them. Often sewage gets stuck in them, reducing the passage and form a mud plug that exudes unpleasant odors. Although it is easier to install the corrugation, it is better to install a bend from a plastic pipe. To do this, it is necessary to precisely fit the installation site of the toilet to the sewer line. The smaller the distance between the plumbing fixture and the pipe, the better.
If the toilet has not been used for a long time, the water dries inside its siphon. The passage opens and unpleasant odors from the sewer move directly to the toilet.
Preventative measures
It is necessary to periodically carry out preventive maintenance of sanitary equipment:
- constantly monitor the cleanliness of the toilet and sink;
- periodically examine the joints of the sewer system for leaks;
- trust the installation of sewage and plumbing devices to professionals;
- minor repairs can be done with your own hands, but it is better to trust complex failures to specialists;
- use flavors: air, gel, tablets for toilet tanks and more.
If an unpleasant odor appeared in the toilet and then disappeared, be sure that this is the beginning of big problems. Look for the source right away. Let it go by chance.
