Janitor San Antonio
Question. San Antonio, NM - Last year when our janitor went on vacation our whole office area started to stink. As usual our janitor is leaving to spend two months in southern France again this year. Before he left he told us that we should pour some water into the drains in his cleaning room to avoid sewer gas odor. What’s going on? Did he rig it to smell when he’s gone just to have job security?
Answer. According to the pros, sink drains have something called a P-trap. It’s that part of the drain that bends back up and is shaped like a “P”. The idea behind the P-trap is that it holds water in it and that water prevents odors from seeping back up and out the drain. If a drain sits idle for a long time the water in the P-trap might evaporate and let the sewer stink come right up and out and head straight for your nose. So your janitor is just giving you heads up that since he’ll be gone for quite awhile, you need to keep some water in that P-trap.
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Answer. According to the pros, sink drains have something called a P-trap. It’s that part of the drain that bends back up and is shaped like a “P”. The idea behind the P-trap is that it holds water in it and that water prevents odors from seeping back up and out the drain. If a drain sits idle for a long time the water in the P-trap might evaporate and let the sewer stink come right up and out and head straight for your nose. So your janitor is just giving you heads up that since he’ll be gone for quite awhile, you need to keep some water in that P-trap.
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It’s a sad thing to be clueless. Even while The Clueless Cleaner believes that cleaning can be fun and hopes to provide a bit of entertainment, Professor Q hopes that his research might point some folks in the right direction in terms of solving perplexing cleaning issues.
Here’s what you need to know. Other than being fictitious, Professor Q is just like you and me: Fallible! He knows nothing about cleaning! Out of the goodness of his heart he’ll look it up when someone has a truly clueless inquiry. He has dozens of reference books and of course the Internet. But he has not checked out these solutions personally and as far as he knows the experts he researches might be just as clueless as the rest of us. Probably not, but who knows?
So do your own due diligence before proceeding with any cleaning solution. Just one more slight word of caution. The Professor has noticed that a lot of these cleaning experts say the same thing over and over again, doubtlessly to cover their own tails. They say, “any one trying a cleaning solution should test it in an inconspicuous place–whether you are cleaning your silk blouse, your carpet or your driveway. Find an out of the way spot to make sure the cleaning solution doesn’t cause more problems than it cures.”
It’s a sad thing to be clueless. Even while The Clueless Cleaner believes that cleaning can be fun and hopes to provide a bit of entertainment, Professor Q hopes that his research might point some folks in the right direction in terms of solving perplexing cleaning issues.
Here’s what you need to know. Other than being fictitious, Professor Q is just like you and me: Fallible! He knows nothing about cleaning! Out of the goodness of his heart he’ll look it up when someone has a truly clueless inquiry. He has dozens of reference books and of course the Internet. But he has not checked out these solutions personally and as far as he knows the experts he researches might be just as clueless as the rest of us. Probably not, but who knows?
So do your own due diligence before proceeding with any cleaning solution. Just one more slight word of caution. The Professor has noticed that a lot of these cleaning experts say the same thing over and over again, doubtlessly to cover their own tails. They say, “any one trying a cleaning solution should test it in an inconspicuous place–whether you are cleaning your silk blouse, your carpet or your driveway. Find an out of the way spot to make sure the cleaning solution doesn’t cause more problems than it cures.”