Drain Odor Problem, help!!!

BerryBaby · 05-02-2008, 10:12 AM

A couple of weeks ago, I started to notice a very odd smell coming from the kitchen sink. Kind of smells like old flower water, you know, stagnant. It is a sickening smell.

What is very upsetting is I keep an impecable kitchen and can't figure out why this is happening. I never throw any grease or ugly stuff down the drain. I use ice cubes to clean the disposal and the sink is always spotless.

I went online and found all kinds of remedies, but none have helped.
I used the baking soda and vinegar, a can of cola, boiling water and baking soda, lemon rind and juice, Lysol....of course doing them all one at a time and then the 'wait and smell' test.

Short of calling a plumber, does anyone have any other solutions? It is driving me crazy.

Food Network Fan · 05-02-2008, 10:16 AM

They make disposal cleaner, but I sometimes use bleach and ice to clean mine. That usually helps.

BerryBaby · 05-02-2008, 10:19 AM

I forgot, I did buy disposal drain cleaner and that didn't help either. I'm allergic to bleach so that is out...I may just have to call a plumber and have the piping replaced.

Food Network Fan · 05-02-2008, 10:22 AM

I hope nothing got into one of your plumbing lines ... and died.

BerryBaby · 05-02-2008, 10:26 AM

Yikes, I hope not! Didn't think about that.

Food Network Fan · 05-02-2008, 10:26 AM

Do you have any of the oxy clean powder?

Garbage Disposal Smell

BerryBaby · 05-02-2008, 10:33 AM

Thanks! I read the article and I do run the water for a long time and do the dish soap thing. I'll try the oxygen bleach method and see what happens.

ibcheft · 05-02-2008, 10:41 AM

Are you sure it is coming from the dispoal and not through it maybe in the bottom of the dishwasher in the trap pan, when mine went out I found stuff I won't mention, and I keep a clean kitchen. Maybe run a cleaner through the dishwasher that is if you have one.

Food Network Fan · 05-02-2008, 10:46 AM

My dishwasher filters thru my disposal before it goes down the drain. If I am peeling potatoes and the dishwasher is on or if I forget to run it before the dishwasher starts to drain it backs up in the sink.

BerryBaby · 05-02-2008, 10:48 AM

The dishwasher is new and has some sort of grinder/screen thingee. It's a thought, tho. I'll check the manual and see if maybe that is the problem.

The smell is coming out of the disposal side and the sink/drain side. Haven't stuck my head in the dishwasher to see if that smells. I'll check it out.

Thanks for the suggestion.