My Laundry Room Smells Like Gas

We moved into a brand new house.

My laundry room smells like gas. If you re dealing with a dry p trap. Because this is such a common problem many quick fixes will take care of the nasty sewer smell lingering in your laundry room. As soon as you detect a sewage smell coming into a room you need to either determine the source and take action to remedy the problem or contact a plumber for professional help. Your drain doesn t even have to be completely clogged for these smells to become an issue.

Laundry room smells like rotten eggs. Our washer and dryer and on the upstairs level so nothing is connected here. The most common causes of a washing machine that smells like sewage are improperly installed p traps drain clogs or vent pipe clogs. If the p trap for your washing machine is dry it can t trap the gasses and your washing machine laundry room will smell like sewer.

Both sewer gas and natural gas have an odor that is described to be like a rotten egg smell and can cause some serious health effects if exposed even at low levels over a long period. Pour about a gallon of water down the pipe. Clogs in the drain line are another common culprit when it comes to sewage smells in the laundry room. Some fixes are faster than others and they aren t all guaranteed to fix your specific issue.

Sewage odors not only offend your nose making being in your laundry room difficult but they can also threaten your health. This can lead to smells that are very similar to sewer gas. We have a lower level laundry room floor pipe that has a horrible sewer gas smell. Probably it is sewer gas pour about 5 gallons of water down the floor drain to prime the trap if this doesn thelp then check the washing machinein run some cleaner through it rhere is commercially available cleaner.

Your washing machine s drain line can become clogged up over time. In the laundry room there is a closet that also has the sump pump and ejector pit. We had a guest stay with us and i noticed a foul smell. However if you cannot locate the source of the smell examine your washing machine the cause of the problem might be hiding in your laundry room.