what's up /diy/
recently in the past couple weeks my laundry room has been emitting a nauseating odor (something like sewage, or sulfur) whenever i run my washer.
anybody know what it could be from from? i live in a quadplex if that would matter at all.
>>1167576
could be washer, could be the drain it is connected to, could be a million things, we are not internet wizards unless someone do an inspection nobody will be able to magic you an answer on the 4chans
>>1167576
Sewage or Sulfur...Shit or eggs? It's a bit different.
Pour bleach down a plughole, it's cheap as fuck, a gallon or whatever you measure in.
something inside the washer going kaput? maybe a belt or motor brushes wearing/burning to shit?
Most likely your drains but could be a capacitor starting to leak in the washer.
do you have a little drain trap under your washer and is it connected to your septic line? if the water evaporates from that youll get shit smells like crazy. just pour a little water in it
>>1167882
This. Definitely a drain issue.
>>1167576
If it's well water sulphur or rotton egg smell happens at times and is normal. Typically when the well is getting low.
https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/wq/wq-11.html
I've heard about this before. The plumbing guy at Lowe's said it was either the coil in the water heater, or possibly something to do with the water softener.
>>1168104
He called it an anode rod.