HOW CAN YOU PREVENT A BAD SMELL FROM COMING BACK?

YOUR DISHWASHER HAS STARTED TO STINK:

1. Start by taking steps to prevent this happening – by ensuring you thoroughly scrape any leftover scraps of food off plates and bowls before you put them in the dishwasher.

2. Take a look at your dishwasher manual; some appliances will have a strainer to collect food and other muck which collects in the machine. Clean it once in a while to keep the bad smells at bay.

3. Check the drain hose. They sometimes collect an awful lot of muck and might need replacing if the problem persists.

Check the make of your dishwasher and the instruction manual for details on how to go about this.

If it wasn’t initially installed correctly, replacing it might be the only option. As with the plate-scraping pre-dishwasher tip, there are lots of things you can do to help prevent nasty build-ups in your pipes leading to stinks. Investing in a drain basket will cost a lot less than calling out a plumber, and will stop a lot of food debris from going down the drain in your kitchen sink. Also, be mindful of what you’re flushing down there (especially fats and oils, which really should not be going down the sink at all!). In the bathroom, clear your hair out of the shower or sink, rather than letting the water flush it down. Like food, hair causes many of the smell problems in bathrooms.

Follow these steps and, hopefully, those pongs will be a thing of the past. Although, like it or not, if the problems persist, you may need to consult an expert.