egg/sulphur smells from washing machine
 

hi,

I did a search and found some postings about this on this newsgroup
before, including the one copied below.

The sulphur/eggy smell mentioned there is exactly the smell that we
get.

Interestingly, it only seems to happen during the rinse/draining
cycles when we run the washing machine. Also, it does not happen at
any other time when using that same drain (like most washing machines
in the kitchen that I have seen, it is connected to the kitchen sink
drain).

Unfortunately, the smell has been getting worse and worse over the
past few weeks.

However, in the case of this posting there was no follow-up to suggest
how to deal with this problem, if it is a problem with the rubber in
the hoses.

(1) Is there an easy way to confirm that this is, in fact, caused by
the rubber hoses as proposed below?

(2) If we can confirm this, then what action should we take?

thanks,

Alan

From: VisionSet )
Subject: Bad drain smell


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Date: 2001-08-12 07:32:19 PST


One cause with such appliances is sulphur gasses building up in the
rubber
hoses (which actually comes out of the rubber).
When the appliance is used the gasses are flushed out.

--
Mike Whittaker
www.HotPud.com
Home of JScrabble



"jobern" wrote in message
...
Only when I use my washing machine or dishwasher I get a bad smell that
comes form the drains. The flat is three years old. The appliances came
already installed with the fitted kitchen.

Can anyone give me some hints to why this is happening before I call in the
plumber?


Many Thanks.

Jo

egg/sulphur smells from washing machine
 

"Alan Simpson" wrote in message
m...
hi,

I did a search and found some postings about this on this newsgroup
before, including the one copied below.

The sulphur/eggy smell mentioned there is exactly the smell that we
get.

Interestingly, it only seems to happen during the rinse/draining
cycles when we run the washing machine. Also, it does not happen at
any other time when using that same drain (like most washing machines
in the kitchen that I have seen, it is connected to the kitchen sink
drain).

Unfortunately, the smell has been getting worse and worse over the
past few weeks.

However, in the case of this posting there was no follow-up to suggest
how to deal with this problem, if it is a problem with the rubber in
the hoses.

(1) Is there an easy way to confirm that this is, in fact, caused by
the rubber hoses as proposed below?

(2) If we can confirm this, then what action should we take?

thanks,

Alan

From: VisionSet )
Subject: Bad drain smell


View this article only
Newsgroups: uk.d-i-y
Date: 2001-08-12 07:32:19 PST


One cause with such appliances is sulphur gasses building up in the
rubber
hoses (which actually comes out of the rubber).
When the appliance is used the gasses are flushed out.

--
Mike Whittaker
www.HotPud.com
Home of JScrabble



"jobern" wrote in message
...
Only when I use my washing machine or dishwasher I get a bad smell that
comes form the drains. The flat is three years old. The appliances came
already installed with the fitted kitchen.

Can anyone give me some hints to why this is happening before I call in
the
plumber?


Many Thanks.

Jo



Mike,

Could it be that something is stuck in the pump body, and when draining the
impellor is heating it up by friction?

If you can get at it, most consist of a two part plastic body clipped
together to form the space round the impellor and by unclipping you can
removed the old socks, bra wires, coins, and cabbages that get stuck there !

Andrew Mawson

egg/sulphur smells from washing machine
 

"Andrew Mawson" wrote in message ...
Could it be that something is stuck in the pump body, and when draining the
impellor is heating it up by friction?

If you can get at it, most consist of a two part plastic body clipped
together to form the space round the impellor and by unclipping you can
removed the old socks, bra wires, coins, and cabbages that get stuck there !

Andrew Mawson

hi Andrew,

thanks for your reply.

Interestingly, the first time I opened the pump drain, we did find a
sock and some other odds and ends there. But removing those did not
help with the smell.

So, next question. How do I get access to the plastic body around the
impellor?

I guess that
(1) remove back
(2) find plastic body around impellor (at the bottom, I imagine, near
where I access the pump drain).
(3) do as you wrote above.

Does that sound sensible?

thanks again,

Alan

egg/sulphur smells from washing machine
 

I'd bet it is associated with the waste stack, trap, or drain rather than the
pump or hoses.

egg/sulphur smells from washing machine
 

thanks OldScrawn (??),

the only problem with that explanation is that it uses the same waste
stack, trap and drain as the kitchen sink and when we use the kitchen
sink, there is never such a smell.

It is only when the washing machine is draining that you can smell
this, so we're inclined to point the finger there. Also we have
already found some miscellaneous items, including a sock, in the pump
drain at the bottom of the washing machine. Hence the washing machine
does seem to be a reasonable culprit.

We are happy to be shown to be wrong though.

(OldScrawn) wrote in message ...
I'd bet it is associated with the waste stack, trap, or drain rather than the
pump or hoses.