Washing machine smells like sewage

  • Erstellt am 2025-03-07 05:31:26

Oberhäslich

2025-03-07 20:10:31
  • #1


Because each program requires a different amount of water and therefore a different amount of water is drained. It’s just a theory, but for me the most plausible one since the washing machine is new and the drain is fine. It probably occurs more with intensive programs (cotton, higher temperature, etc.).
 

ypg

2025-03-07 21:37:22
  • #2
Sorry, but my washing machine has never washed at 90 degrees in over 11 years, and nothing smells.
 

wiltshire

2025-03-07 22:43:58
  • #3
When did the bad smell first occur? After a vacation or a longer break and a machine that was closed during that time (door and detergent flap), a foul odor develops. If that is the case, it is enough to dismantle the machine once, clean it thoroughly mechanically, and then everything will be fine again. The things are quite simple. It takes 2-3 hours to complete.
 

Tolentino

2025-03-08 10:19:34
  • #4
Since a new machine was procured after the odor issue arose and this still occurs afterwards, and since the smell does not specifically come from the machine but is present throughout the entire laundry room, yet is time-correlated with the machine cycle but only with certain programs, the conclusion by is likely that it has to do with the amount of pumped-out water. Starting at a certain amount, a suction is created in the wastewater system (inside the house) that presumably sucks dry a trap in the laundry room. To remedy this, as far as I know, a ventilation valve near the washing machine connection or an increase in the diameter of the wastewater pipe from the washing machine to the main sewer pipe can help. Also, check whether the branches on the downpipes are installed at a 45° angle (this is no longer done today, but 87.5°, precisely because of the suction effect). I am not an expert, just an experienced layperson.
 

Stefan H.

2025-03-09 09:02:27
  • #5


You are right, it depends on the laundry and thus the amount of water. I tried washing only a winter jacket as a test, and there was no smell, but then with a full machine it reoccurred.
 

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