Andrew Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Something I just figured out and thought I would share. I have what I consider a fairly nice home in Cebu. It is not new, but is nice and was built by another foreigner. Recently I noticed an awful smell coming from 2 of the bathrooms and it was not directly after I or any of my family had been in the bathroom to do our business. So that was ruled out as the problem. I started checking things out and followed the drain pipes and discovered that there were no P-Traps installed in the drains. After spending a few hundred pesos for parts and about an hour of work I installed the P-Traps and instantly the smell was gone. Amazing! Amazing that someone would build a nice home and not include this vital component and amazing how easy and inexpensive the fix was and amazing how well it works. So much better to be able to smell my own smell when doing my business in the bathroom, which like most of us obviously smells like sampaguita! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyAway Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Amazing invention the P-Trap. Many think it is just to catch the dropped wedding ring down the drain.Did they install the air vent for the proper drainage of the plumbing system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 20, 2012 Author Posted March 20, 2012 Good point. I will check that also. All seems to drain well now though and thank God the smell is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeatmanila Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Oh here the practice for the septic tanks is to totally cover them with cement and tile them on top. No way to access them unless you demolish the cement and you know the location...As for the P traps, seen it here too. At my own house which i made my self (no engineer crocodile) but at the times i was not here (got to work sometimes :mocking: ) quite a few gems happened!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me bubba Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Oh here the practice for the septic tanks is to totally cover them with cement and tile them on top. No way to access them unless you demolish the cement and you know the location...As for the P traps, seen it here too. At my own house which i made my self (no engineer crocodile) but at the times i was not here (got to work sometimes :mocking: ) quite a few gems happened!!!!Can i ask why someone would build a house and NOT install basic features like this?an attempt to save a few pesos? ignorance? dont care attitude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeatmanila Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Oh here the practice for the septic tanks is to totally cover them with cement and tile them on top. No way to access them unless you demolish the cement and you know the location...As for the P traps, seen it here too. At my own house which i made my self (no engineer crocodile) but at the times i was not here (got to work sometimes :mocking: ) quite a few gems happened!!!!Can i ask why someone would build a house and NOT install basic features like this?an attempt to save a few pesos? ignorance? dont care attitude? Covering the septic tanks? It is easier to their work, looks more neat to the owner. If the septic tank gets full.....they would reply "ohhh sorry kuya, probably your helpers threw in the toilet a lot of rubbish during time and it happened" but probably when this will happen they are long gone and you cannot even find them.Not placing a P trap? Bored, forgot, job done by assistant who didn't know and when the mason noticed it...he will not fix it since after delivery he is long gone too....Asking to install power box to connect 8 surveillance cameras, you come and you find that he is about to install 8 different outlets in the wall covered with a wooden box, you wonder and he replies "that is the proper way sir, mom trust me i am electrician 40 years na" LOL!!!!!!!!Hope now you got your answer Bubba!!!! hahahahahh!!!! Take it easy, that's the way it is here!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.S. Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 not only here.what you don't make on your own is .... . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyAway Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Just remembered this about plumbing in general out in the provinces. All the gray water dumps right out the wall into a trough. Then it flows into the yard of the person with the lowest property elevation.I have to tear out the tile to get to the shower valve at our place in Mindanao. You cannot just replace the guts of the valve, it is the whole valve assembly. So for a temporary fix I did some creative plumbing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike S Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Not only does a P-trap keep out the gas it also keeps out bugs from coming into your house as the water in the trap keeps them out ...... even with P-traps you need to run water in them every so often as it will dry up eventually ..... had a sink in my house in the US that I didn't ever use ..... believe me you will know when the water dries up ..... :hystery: :hystery: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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