Tortured the smell of the toilet with sewage, you can eliminate it on your own

An unpleasant odor can appear in any of the rooms where there is a sewage system. Typically, such problems are found in toilets, less commonly in kitchens and bathrooms. In order to eliminate the smell from the toilet by sewers, apartment dwellers abundantly use cleaning chemicals, air fresheners and other achievements of civilization. But they are only capable of briefly disguising the sewer “aroma” without eliminating its cause. Let’s figure out what to actually do with such a problem. What means to use, how to clean the stench without problems in a private toilet?

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Smell from the toilet - reasons

Residents of apartments and cottages, new and old houses at times ask themselves: why does it stink from the toilet? Such “aromas” can seriously spoil the mood, especially for people with a sensitive sense of smell.

It is worth even briefly opening the door to the toilet, as the smell spreads throughout the house. To really fix the problem, you need to identify the causes. Let's look at the most likely:

• The toilet has not been used for a long time. The water remaining in the depth of the drain simply rotted, hence there can be an unpleasant smell.
• There is a blockage in the toilet drain. Even despite the large cross section of the pipe, this option is quite possible. As a rule, this happens if a rag, too much food waste or a plastic bag is inadvertently in the toilet. As a result, other sewage wastes are very poorly washed into the common sewer riser, lingering close to the toilet drain, they decompose there, because of this it stinks from the toilet.
• Sewer stagnation or blockage can be much more serious and happen somewhere at the basement level in an apartment building. If this happens, then usually the unpleasant smells are felt by the residents of the first floors.
• In houses of old buildings - ancient cast-iron sewer pipes. This material is of high strength, however, over several decades of operation, microcracks can form there. They may not be so large as to start leaking, but they may already begin to leak sewer odors. Due to the fact that the toilet and the riser are located nearby, the smell sources are easy to confuse.

There are two more reasons that are hidden where the toilet outlet is docked with the pipe of the main sewer of the house:

1. Failure of a plastic corrugation for a toilet bowl or a sealing cuff.
2. Initially, the incorrectly performed work on connecting the toilet bowl to the sewage system at home.

Important! Some of the compacts have a horizontal pipe outlet (parallel to the floor). If the connection does not maintain the correct slope, then the subsequent stagnation of the sewer masses cannot be ruled out.

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Installation troubleshooting

If your toilet stinks from the toilet, and you see that the sewer system is not mounted correctly in it, then in order to eliminate this reason, you will have to completely or partially redo the sewer.Due to the fact that part of the sewage system is located in difficult to reach places, it will be necessary to dismantle the sanitary equipment that is in this room.

It often happens that the toilet stinks due to a violation of the slope of the sewer pipeline. It is very important to get rid of this problem in a timely manner, because stagnation of sewage in pipes can not only cause a “scent” of sewage, but also contribute to the growth of harmful bacteria.

If the problem really is the wrong slope of the pipes, then you will need to re-do the sewer from the main riser to the toilet.

To surely get rid of the unpleasant odor, you should pre-design the slope of the pipes. It should be one centimeter per meter of length. At the same time, you can completely use different options for the slope of the sewer pipeline:

• A surface slope is made if you can lay a pipe of the same cross section with the required slope from the main riser to the toilet.
• If the floor structure does not make it possible to perform a surface slope, then you can make a stepped. In this case, pipes of different diameters are used with its gradual increase towards the riser.
• In order for the desired slope of the sewer pipes to appear, pipes with a beveled bottom (cone shape) can be used.

Important! If it stinks from the toilet, then to eliminate this smell you need to make tight connections of the pipe segments:

• For thorough sealing of plastic pipe joints, special couplings and silicone sealant are used.
• To seal the joints of the pipeline from cast iron, it should be minted. For this, sections of compounds are treated with impacts of a chisel.

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Problems with water trap

When answering the question of why the toilet stinks from the toilet, one should pay attention to the serviceability of the water seal - this is a water plug that is located in a specially curved segment of the sanitary device that remains after washing off the water. As a result, the smell of sewage cannot penetrate into the bathroom through a water lock from the main sewer pipeline.

Important! Water from the shutter cannot produce an unpleasant odor, because it is constantly updated with new portions when flushing in the toilet.

Problems and their solution

However, if a “fragrance” does appear, it is necessary to check whether the water seal is working properly. This part may not work properly due to the following reasons:

• If the pressure in the main sewage system is too high, the water seal cannot cope with its functions. This happens due to the lack of background ventilation. As a result, air from the sewer displaces water from the hydraulic lock. As a rule, this process is accompanied by the formation of bubbles and a characteristic gurgle. In order to fix the problem, it is necessary to establish ventilation of the main sewage system. It will be enough to check whether the ventilation pipes of the sewers that are displayed on the roof of the house have clogged.
• If the configuration of the pipeline that comes from the sink or bath is incorrect, then the water seal can also not work fully. In this case, you need to change the pipe or install a full siphon instead.
• Unpleasant odor from the sewer may be due to a blockage in the sewer pipe. At the same time, the wastewater is not washed off into the pipe, but is in the sanitary appliance.
• If the smell is present in an unheated room in the winter, then the problem may be the freezing of the pipeline. To prevent this from happening, such pipes should be carefully insulated, for example, with mineral wool, or heated in winter (for this purpose, a heating cable can be used). To solve a problem that has already arisen, it is enough to drain hot water into the sewer, which can melt the ice plug.
• Sometimes a sewer odor may appear due to improper configuration of the corrugated pipe going from the sanitary device to the sewer pipe. To eliminate this problem, you should bend the corrugation at the right angle with your hands.

Other causes and their elimination

Answering the question why it stinks from the toilet with sewage, it must be taken into account that the corrugation itself can serve as a source of unpleasant odor. There may be the following reasons:

• Sometimes through microcracks in the corrugation, urine and runoff can seep into the room. In this case, you just need to install a new corrugation, especially since it is not a very expensive product.
• Clogging may form in the corrugation and cause unpleasant odors. Then the corrugation will have to be removed and cleaned. In doing so, check the integrity of all seals.

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Elimination of old leaks

Hidden leaks in the toilet may not cause a too noticeable flood, but the smell of sewage may be present. At the same time, even a well-functioning ventilation system cannot completely eliminate the stench.

Important! As a rule, such microcracks are located in the upper part of the sewage pipeline, so drains do not leak through them, but odors can come out constantly. The only problem is the detection of microcracks. If the leak is located in the section of the pipeline located in the floor, it is almost impossible to find the place of the hidden defect.

Identify the problem spot

In order to facilitate the search for such places, you can use a brush and soap solution:

1. This solution is applied to the joints, where the greatest likelihood of depressurization.
2. Next, water is drained into the sewer. Due to the fact that the air pressure becomes higher, air can escape through the joints and microcracks. Using a soap solution, bubbles will form in such places.
3. If you find a leak on a plastic pipe, then special sealant should be applied to this place. On the sewer pipe made of cast iron, leaks are sealed by cold welding.

Microcrack Prevention Measures

So that the question of why the toilet stinks from the toilet doesn’t arise, you should use preventive measures that will help protect the pipes from hidden leaks:

• To assemble the sewer system, use only high-quality products.
• If you use the hidden location of utilities, be sure to install rubber hatches to monitor the status of the system.
• Try not to design a sewer system so that the number of joints, connections and repetitions is minimal. In this way, you are less likely to leak and blockage.

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Blockage control

If it stinks out of the toilet due to a blockage, the way to eliminate it will depend on the reason for its appearance:

• Occasionally, a sewage blockage occurs due to the accumulation of remnants of toilet paper and hair, which trap large particles of their wastewater. For this reason, an unpleasant odor can come from the sewer. To get rid of this problem, it is enough to clean the clogging with a plunger, cable or a special chemical agent (Tiret, Sanfir, Domestos).
• Kitchen sewers are often clogged due to fat deposits, which not only smell bad, but also make it difficult to drain the water. To eliminate this clogging, it is necessary to periodically pour boiling water into the pipes in a sufficient volume.
• If your tap water is too hard, limescale may be the cause of the blockage. To effectively combat them, you need to use special chemical compounds to dissolve plaque or vinegar, soda.
• It will be much more difficult to remove construction debris and rags from the sewer, which can cause serious blockages. With such a problem, a plumbing cable will help.

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Ventilation problems

Often unpleasant “aromas” in the bathroom may be present due to poor ventilation.It is advisable to check the health of the ventilation every two months. To do this, bring a piece of paper or a burning match to the ventilation hole. With these actions, they should noticeably deviate towards the channel.

Important! You can clean part of the canal in your apartment yourself, but to clean all the ventilation from the clogging in the riser, you must carry out work from the roof. This business is best entrusted to a professional.

If the ventilation duct was designed so that there is no natural draft in it, you will have to resort to the use of a special fan, which is installed together with the grill in the ventilation duct.

Important! A clogged ventilation duct, in addition to ineffectively eliminating unpleasant odors, can add to your problems in the form of mold and mildew.

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If there is a smell from the toilet with sewage, then this indicates a malfunction in the ventilation or sewer system. Find out the cause of its occurrence and take measures to eliminate the defect. Also, do not forget to timely repair the pipeline, then unpleasant “aromas” will disappear from your apartment forever.