Nighttime pacer
12-07-20, 01:15
Hi all,
For the past 2 days I've had a funky smell coming from my kitchen drain. I read online it's probably due to some fat or something accumulating. The article I read said you can clear it by putting baking soda and vinegar down the drain and then pouring boiling water down it. I did that but the only white vinegar I had had already been opened and had a best before of October 2019! I only noticed that after I used it. I have read that vinegar is so acidic it can't really go off and bacteria can't grow in it, and that best before dates on vinegar are more routine than important. I assume that's more from the point of view of taste anyway. I'm hoping that is the case as I've been worried about legionnaires disease now for quite a few years. I just worry about any stagnant water. I realise the vinegar would have had to have been turned into a spray for me to breath it in. It did foam up because of the baking soda but I assume that's not the same thing. I did pour boiling water on it immediately and tried not to breath but I may have taken one breath. I then got out of the kitchen and haven't been back in for 90 mins. I guess I'm worrying about nothing, but I always think, what if!
Sorry for rambling.
Nighttime Pacer
For the past 2 days I've had a funky smell coming from my kitchen drain. I read online it's probably due to some fat or something accumulating. The article I read said you can clear it by putting baking soda and vinegar down the drain and then pouring boiling water down it. I did that but the only white vinegar I had had already been opened and had a best before of October 2019! I only noticed that after I used it. I have read that vinegar is so acidic it can't really go off and bacteria can't grow in it, and that best before dates on vinegar are more routine than important. I assume that's more from the point of view of taste anyway. I'm hoping that is the case as I've been worried about legionnaires disease now for quite a few years. I just worry about any stagnant water. I realise the vinegar would have had to have been turned into a spray for me to breath it in. It did foam up because of the baking soda but I assume that's not the same thing. I did pour boiling water on it immediately and tried not to breath but I may have taken one breath. I then got out of the kitchen and haven't been back in for 90 mins. I guess I'm worrying about nothing, but I always think, what if!
Sorry for rambling.
Nighttime Pacer