sskicker23
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Hi All,
I recently remodeled my kitchen and laundry room in a 1970's ranch. I hired a highly reviewed master plumber (who completed the work) to rough in the supply and drain line for a new undermount sink. The laundry room is on the front left corner of the house near the entry walkway. The sink is on the front wall and the washer and dryer are on the left wall on the back side of the room. The plumber opted to use an AAV in the sink base cabinet and tie in the waste line into the washing machine drain after the p-trap. The washer tied into a 3" vent pipe (that goes thru the roof) after the p-trap and now after the laundry room sink drain.
The picture makes it looks like the pipes arent sloped correclty but they all have a downward slope of quarter bubble or more
After a couple of months the laundry room now smells like sewage. The room did not smell at all for the first year before the remodel.Both the sink and the washing machine drain without issues or gurgling sounds. I have snaked all of the drain pipes and the vent pipe. Water flows freely down all of the pipes. The smell comes from the washing machine and not the newly added sink.
My original thought was that when we used the laundry room sink, it created a siphon and sucked out the water ptrap. However we tested not using the sink and yet it still smells.
Does the current plumbing setup look ok? Did the plumber tie into the correct spot or should it be further down?
I recently remodeled my kitchen and laundry room in a 1970's ranch. I hired a highly reviewed master plumber (who completed the work) to rough in the supply and drain line for a new undermount sink. The laundry room is on the front left corner of the house near the entry walkway. The sink is on the front wall and the washer and dryer are on the left wall on the back side of the room. The plumber opted to use an AAV in the sink base cabinet and tie in the waste line into the washing machine drain after the p-trap. The washer tied into a 3" vent pipe (that goes thru the roof) after the p-trap and now after the laundry room sink drain.
The picture makes it looks like the pipes arent sloped correclty but they all have a downward slope of quarter bubble or more
After a couple of months the laundry room now smells like sewage. The room did not smell at all for the first year before the remodel.Both the sink and the washing machine drain without issues or gurgling sounds. I have snaked all of the drain pipes and the vent pipe. Water flows freely down all of the pipes. The smell comes from the washing machine and not the newly added sink.
My original thought was that when we used the laundry room sink, it created a siphon and sucked out the water ptrap. However we tested not using the sink and yet it still smells.
Does the current plumbing setup look ok? Did the plumber tie into the correct spot or should it be further down?
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