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The vent is available, will the P-trap work? Yes, there is a vent, I didn't show it in the simplified drawing earlier, so I have included a more detailed one: Is that going to work?

I hope that's not an absolute requirement because that area is much harder to reach (e.g. water pipes in the way). That's why I would like to put the p-trap further away, along the (near) horizontal section, where I have easy access.

An illustration Thanks for looking into this, here are my responses: >>>I removed the wall in the basement and saw that the 3" piping just goes across and down into the concrete floor. No p-trap!<<<< >>Just goes across what? 6 feet across, with a small angle parallel to the ground...

How can I add a p-trap to finally resolve an occasional but bad stink in the laundry room? It has been stinking badly on certain occasions, all the way into the kitchen sometimes, yech. I investigated fully yesterday and found the problem: there is no p-trap at all for the washing machine...