About speedball1 Expertise About me: My Plumbing Expertise: I retired from plumbing after a lifetime in the trade. all phases from service and upkeep to construction, both residential and commercial. I am qualified to do anything in plumbing from fixing a leaky faucet to drafting a set of plans for a commercial shopping center and supervising the construction. My last five years were spent as a trouble shooter for a large plumbing company. I took on all my companys complaints. I have been a expert on the plumbing page at Askme.com. In a field of 200 experts my rating was number one. You may also find me at Answerway.com and AskMe Help Desk.com. This is fun for me and if I can help anybody out that`s iceing on the cake. Degrees & Certifications: As for degrees, I don`t have any. Just a Journeymans ticket, but hey! How about fifty years experience?
Experience Life Experience? Hmmmmmmm! Ran away at 15 and joined a carnival, Navy at 17 Merchant marine at 19 I've had a hellava life.
Tara wrote at 2007-07-04 02:26:10
Hi. I saw the other question about the smelly bathroom sink and was impressed by the thoroughness (is that a word?) of your answer. I have a similar problem. We moved into our house in February. It is a house that was built in 1959, but was expanded to include an upper level in 2001. In our master bath (upstairs) we get a sewage-y kind of smell sometimes. It will come for a few weeks, then get better for a few days and then come back. It is the only faucet that we notice this coming from. The other upstairs bathroom does not seem to have any odor... Nor do we get any odor from the shower in the same bathroom. I don't particularly notice it any more or less with cold vs. hot water... and again, it only seems to come from this one faucet. We had a plumber over to do some unrelated work and I had him look at this. He said he wasn't sure why (Of course it didn't smell when he was her). He cleaned out the drain (hair, etc.) and snaked the pipes (because it had been draining slowly for about a week or so). The odor is still there. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tara
Me wrote at 2007-07-11 22:37:57
We have remodeled our bathroom with the original Corian product where the drain is a specific Corian product. Currently, it is no longer available. We are frequently removing the drain and cleaning out a terrible black gunk. not bleach or drain cleaner or anything else we have tried solves the problem. I have not found any Dupont information about this original product. I cannot believe no one else has had this experience.
Deb wrote at 2008-01-15 18:12:15
Exactly the same issue. I have been paying my plumber for several years to come every few months to clean out the area under the sink where he says there is a void under the sink near the overlow. This void allows the "black gunk" to build up. Any attempt to clean it with methods other than taking the drain apart do not meet with a clean smell.
tom wrote at 2009-02-03 19:53:16
Corian sinks have an issue with the overflow tube that directs water from the overflow hole in the top edge of the sink down to the drain. A little bit of water collects at the junction of the tube and the fitting than joins the sink to the drain. That little bit of water starts stinking after a while just like you described. Pour bleach into the overflow hole
Paul wrote at 2009-06-01 21:12:40
Never pour bleach into a drain. Bleach is very caustic and will even eat through stainless steel. Don't make this mistake.
