Ways to Clean a Smelly Basement Floor Drain 1. Hot Water Did you know that hot water helps clear out drain pipes? The heat melts hardened gunk, grease, and other types of dirt that accumulated inside the pipes. This quick fix is as simple as boiling water and pouring it down the drain...
To clean up sewage backup in the basement, protect yourself by wearing PPE, protect the rest of the house by closing doors between the contaminated area and the rest of the space, drain the area with a sump pump or a large-capacity shop vac, clear out items affected by sewage backup, s...
Check your attic, basement, and crawl spaces(sewer cleanouts will appear to be a “T” shaped or “Y” shaped intersection, and one side will be capped). A clean out is usually located just above the floor and at the base of any main vertical drain line. A sewer cleanout pipe is ...
Press out as much air as possiblebefore loading it into the washer. Fortop load washers, do 2 at a time for balance (or else you will hear a loud knocking sound coming from your washer and may think there is a monster, Chuckee or Jason in your basement and who the heck needs that a...
How to use a dehumidifier: 1 Different dehumidifiers have different capacities, so factor in the size and humidity of your room before you choose one. 2 Set up the dehumidifier in the dampest area of the house, like the bathroom or the basement ...
You may want to lease the equipment, so consider renting a large dehumidifier too. Small home dehumidifiers can’t handle the capacity you need to dry out floors, walls and cabinets. 3. Clean and Disinfect Water leaking from a drain line or an appliance hose is considered contaminated. Even...
Watch out: in our experience [DF] when a building has been wet enough to allow water to enter even just the very bottom of a wall cavity, there is a high risk of harmful and costly mold contamination of both the interior wall cavity surfaces as well as wall insulation. ...
we won’t forget about it (like we potentially would if it were in our basement). If a day goes by where it is not scooped, I freak out. Cats aside, I have a sensitive nose and I feel like my house reeks (OMG, I can’t have anyone over. This is horrible – what, do I liv...
Run through the line, then rinse the whole thing out. (You can also use warm water, silicone-safe soap like Dawn and a soft brush, but the soap is harder to get out completely.) Dry: Disconnect the line (if it has one), drain all the water, then hang vertically to dry (like ...
access for drain-clearing tools. In homes in colder climates, the cleanout may be located in a basement. The main cleanout is usually found in a basement floor, usually near a foundation wall. A threaded plug fits into a short length of large-diameter pipe that extends up from the floor...