Mommy, Make it Better

I am very particular with how my home smells. One of my pet peeves is when a particular odor lingers anywhere in my home. This is the reason I bought an exhaust fan to install in my kitchen.

But what can we do about smelly kitchen sink drain?

Want an odor-free kitchen sink?

First and foremost, what causes a smelly kitchen sink drain?

The foul odor coming from a kitchen drain is caused by cloggging. When you wash the dishes in the kitchen sink, some of the food are washed down the drain and sometimes gets clogged somewhere down the pipes. When they rot, they will of course emit a foul odor. This odor will find its way out and will be emitted from the drain.

Here are a few things that you can do to remove the clog and foul odor from your kitchen drain.

Avoid washing food down the drain

As much as possible, wipe off all the grease and food particles from your used plates, bowls, spoons and forks before dishwashing. This will prevent food particles from clogging the drain and therefore avoiding any foul odors.

Salt or Baking Soda Does It

Pour a tablespoon of salt or baking soda down the drain. Followup by pouring a kettle of boiling water. The boiling water would solve the clogging part of your problem while the salt or baking soda would remedy the foul odor coming from the drain pipes.

There you have it. Simple and no-cost way to remedy a smelly and clogged kitchen sink drain.

What about you? Do you have other tried and tested ways of unclogging and removing a foul odor from your kitchen sink? Share it by commenting on this post or by emailing me at blog@mommymakeitbetter.com. I’d be so happy to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to Mommy, Make it Better. This is a “homemaking made fun and easy” blog. I am Xenia, and I’m a single, stay-at-home mom.

Mommies in Action

What prompted me to start this blog? Well, let’s just say it’s my new-found love for homemaking. In all honesty, I was not one for doing chores when I was younger. But you know, ever since I became a mom, I changed. For the better. And I don’t like it any other way.

With this blog, I would like to share with you the things I’ve learned in homemaking – tips and tricks to make everyday family living easier, more enjoyable and stress-free! My mom had this very thick notebook of homemaking how-to’s and she passed it on to me. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve turned to this notebook when I have problems with stains on clothes, odors in the kitchen, baking dilemmas and many other situations concerning homemaking. I can’t wait to share them with you.

I would like this blog to be a two-way street, and, if I may be bold enough to dream about it, a community. I would love so much to hear your own homemaking tips and tricks.

I hope you’ll visit this blog again soon, and visit regularly, because I will be updating this every day.

Mommies, let’s make things better in our homes and our communities.