Protect your kitchen from sulfur water
You may identify an issue in your kitchen when you smell bad-smelling water coming from your faucets, the dishwasher, the fridge, etc. Often, you’ll know that you have sulfur water not only from the smell but because of the black or yellow stains on your fixtures or utensils. When your kitchen has this smell, it’s a problem because it will impact the way that your food smells and tastes. Your water will be impacted, and any time you go to wash your hands, your hands will end up smelling like sulfur as well.
Protect your laundry from rotten egg odor in your water
Sulfur water in your laundry room may be one of the most frustrating parts of this whole process. After all, when you put laundry in your washing machine, you want them to be cleaner at the end of the process, right? Yet, sulfur water means bad-smelling water, bad-smelling clothes, and a bad-smelling washer overall. There’s no way your clothes will come out cleaner while you’re dealing with sulfur in your water. The only way to solve this problem is to get to the root cause.
If you’re smelling that rotten egg odor coming straight from your washing machine, then you’ll need to clean it in addition to addressing the water source. Here are a few ways to do it!
- Using a rag and a cleaning solution, physically clean off the soap build-up from the rubber gasket around the door. The cleaning solution that you use will help you significantly improve the cleaning efficiency. Either use a bathroom cleaner than contains bleach or a 1:1 solution of water and vinegar.
- Fill the bleach dispenser of your washing machine and run the empty washing machine through a cleaning cycle. You can also substitute the bleach for ½ cup of baking soda and 2 cups of distilled white vinegar (pouring this in when the tub is half full).
After you’ve cleaned out your washing machine, be sure to leave the door or lid open overnight to allow it to air out. The interior should completely dry before your next wash.
Protect your hot water heater from sulfur water
Much like your washer, your hot water heater may have stinky water in it. However, while you can clean out your hot water heater itself for a partial solution, you’ll still need to remove the sulfur in your water to solve the issue long-term. Here’s how you can clean your hot water heater if it has sulfur in it.
- Determine whether your hot water heater is gas and electric. To flush out your hot water heater, you’ll need to shut off either the gas to the hot water heater or the electricity.
- Then, turn all faucets inside and outside the home ON fully. Once the water has run for 10 minutes, turn the water OFF. This will help to flush out all the pipes in your home.
- To flush out the water heater itself, do not turn off the incoming water supply. Connect a garden hose to the drain valve on the lower side of the water heater and allow it to drain outside in an area that is safe for drainage. After about 10 minutes, take a sample cup and see if there are particles settling to the bottom of the cup. If there are NOT particles, then you can turn off the drain valve and disconnect the hose. If there are particles, continue draining and checking every 10 minutes until there are not.
- If odor persists, you can also disinfect your hot water heater by turning your hot water heater to HIGH for two hours to kill any sulfate-reducing bacteria.
This process should help to reduce the rotten egg odor in your house!
Get rid of the rotten egg smell in your shower water
The shower is another common spot that people will notice that their water smells like rotten eggs. As the steam rises, so does this foul odor that makes you wonder how you can fix it. You may also notice the scent coming from your bath, faucet or toilet. Unfortunately, the only way to remedy this problem is to address the water source once and for all. Read below in the next section about the easy solution to rotten egg odor.
The solution to rotten egg odor
Are you tired of that rotten egg odor stinking up your house? Don’t worry! The Mr. Clean Matrix Processor Whole House Water Filtration System will help you to remove all of the contaminants that can cause your water to smell like dissolved metals, mercury, carbonate, nickel, iron, calcium chromium, and others! You can also use the Iron Zapper Water Filtration Systems to remove hydrogen sulfide, sulfur odors, iron, and manganese. With a lifetime warranty, you can say goodbye to that awful rotten egg smell and hello to fresh, clean water directly from your faucet.
Final thoughts on getting rid of that rotten eggs smell from your water
Sulfur in your water can be a terrible issue that plagues your entire household. The kitchen, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and garages are among the areas of your house that may be impacted. While you can address some of the issues by cleaning your washer or water heater, the entire odor issue will only be resolved when you treat your water supply. Mr. Clean Water can help install water filtration systems for this very reason. Installing one of these allows you a lifelong supply of fresh, clean water free of any rotten egg odor. For more information, visit here to learn more or to contact Mr. Clean Water for treatment options.
