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Q: Ugh My Basement Smells Gross

asked by: tinkinpink84 on July 29th, 2007

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I went down there to get my laundry and it sorta smells like a backed up sewer wich its never smelled funky down there before. I went back and checked the other 2 rooms though to make sure there wasnt a puddle of icky water but nothing the smell seems to be coming from the laundry room . I dunno what is making it stink but it really sucks, and not knowing why it smells i cant make it smell better. And we dont have septic tanks here so hmm anyone got an ideas??

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Becky

replied on July 29th, 2007

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maybe sewerage is leaking baxk into your washing machine. i had that before- it smells so bad

tinkinpink84

replied on July 29th, 2007

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that would make it smell bad? would tha tmake my clothes smell bad? maybe i should stick my head in the washer lol. i just kinda looked around. i remember in base housing in nc once our washer and toilet got messed up and we had soap water fillin the toilet lol. so id have to call someone out for that i assume right? im going to my friends later and i dont wanna come home to a suprise lake in the basement or something lhehe

Becky

replied on July 29th, 2007

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yeah my washing machine kept spitting back dirty water that was from the toilet Shocked

it smelt gross and i had to bin loads of clothes. i used to get stale water collecting in the bottom of the machine

tinkinpink84

replied on July 29th, 2007

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i need to look in my washer, i did laundry last night and it smells extra good, joseph dumped out half a thing of laundry detergent i bought for jason so i used dirty clothes to clean it up lol. my mom was saying it could be aburst pipe under the floor . i will look at the washer in a bit then i dunno see if it still stinks tomorow since housing i dont think is open righ tnow unless its an emergency.

sick_mama17

replied on July 29th, 2007

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Is your washing machine old? The pipes on it can become mouldy inside which the water runs through, it smells sort of like bad egg.
Or could the room have damp in it somewhere?

Morgan

tinkinpink84

replied on July 29th, 2007

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no our washing machine is new, our old one kinda blew so not that long ago they brought us a new washing machine. i just got home from my friends but i havent been downstairs yet lol i may wait till tomorow, since i cant smell anything up here so cantbe anything bad

someone12345

replied on October 6th, 2009

New User

I had a smelly washing machine room... it turned out that after heavy winds the "trap" would get sucked out and the sewer gases would come in. The solution is to pour water down the pipe where your washer hose drains in to, or just run a load of laundry and the trap will fill up again.

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