What should I do if the floor drain smells bad? How to prevent odor from floor drain

 8:20am, 27 May 2025
What should I do if the floor drain smells bad?

1. Fill the floor drain in time to keep the water seal in the floor drain and replace it frequently;

2. Although self-sealing floor drain is an inevitable development trend for the floor drain in the future, in terms of the current actual situation, its odorproof effect is not as stable as that of the water seal floor drain, so try to choose a water seal floor drain.

3. Put water in plastic bags. You can take a sealed convenience bag, put clean water in the bag and tie the mouth, then put the water-filled convenience bag on the floor drain, take it away when used, and block it when not in use, which can prevent the floor drain from smelling.

4. You can use wet towels or plastic bags of waste gas to cover the floor drain to prevent the smell and germs from spreading into the room.

5. Clean the floor drain frequently. There will be some hair and other debris on the floor drain in the bathroom. Pay more attention to cleaning to avoid affecting the drainage function of the sewer pipes. In addition, putting some tea bags, incense, bamboo carbon in the bathroom can also effectively relieve the odor in the bathroom.

6. Use a rubber plug. You can go to the hardware store to buy a rubber plug, which can be stuffed on the floor drain when you don’t use it to prevent the floor drain from smelling.

How to prevent odor from floor drain

1. Eccentric block type: that is, use a gasket, fixed with a pin on one side, and seal it using the principle of gravity eccentricity. The disadvantage is that it is not tightly sealed, and the other is that the pins are easily damaged and fail;

2. The water seal floor drain has the oldest history. Its biggest defect is that if it is not used for a few days, the water storage bend will cause the odor and pests of the sewage pipe to flow straight in due to the lack of water. Even if some manufacturers increase the water storage bend, there will be a problem of long-term business trips or not using it for a long time without odor. At the same time, another problem arises. The higher the water seal, the easier it is to hide dirt in the core. These dirt is difficult to clean. Moreover, because the floor drain itself discharges domestic sewage, the water stored in the water storage bend in the south or in summer will smell odor for a few days, forming a new source of pollution.

3. Spring type: divided into upper and lower type. The upper elastic type is to press the cover plate. The cover plate bounces up and presses it again and it will reset; the lower elastic type is to use a spring to stretch the sealing gasket at the lower end of the sealing core to seal it. Since the spring is made of boron iron, it is prone to rust, and its elasticity gradually weakens until it fails, and its life span is not long. In addition, the spring is easy to wrap hair and fabrics, which is not easy to clean;

4. Floating ball type: Use a plastic ball to float to close the drain, but if it is not replenished for a period of time, the seal will fail;

5. Gravity mechanical type: gravity movement, which uses the principle of eternal gravity, so it has the longest service life. No water sealing is required, no dirt water is stored, and the straight up and down drainage is drained. After the water is discharged, the sealing gasket at the bottom of the sealing core is automatically closed. When not in use, the floor drain is always in a closed state. The odorproof effect is the best, and it is very convenient to clean it. Just take the odorproof core down and rinse it in water for a few times. It can be completed in less than a minute. The comprehensive comparison should be the best performance and most popular odorproof core at present.

6. Stone-absorbing type: seal with a magnetic suction gasket of two magnets. Due to the poor water quality on the ground, such as washing items, brushing the ground, etc., the dirt will contain some iron impurities to adsorb on the iron absorbing stone. After a period of time, the impurity layer will cause the gasket to be unable to close. In addition, due to the action of the earth's large magnetic field, the magnetic force will gradually weaken.