Fishy smell in Laundry rm when dryer in use

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Fishy smell in Laundry rm when dryer in use
Author: bradbury04 (ME) Fishy smell when dryer is on in laundry room, only when dryer is working. Replaced dryer with brand new dryer,vent and still fishy odor smell Edited 1 times.
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Author: KCRoto (MO) Try putting some water in all of you drains, including floor drains and see if this stops the problem. If you can't identify the source, it is hard to find a solution.
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Re: Fishy smell
Author: bradbury04 (ME) Only drain in Laundry room is washing machine drain, will try your suggestion.
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Re: Fishy smell
Author: Fixitangel (NC) Has your basement ever been remodeled? It might have had a floor drain that got covered up with tile or flooring, but was not capped. Remember: Your dryer is a large air pump that pulls air out of the room and pumps it outside. Any dry trap there will allow sewer gas to be sucked into the room and out.
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