Hi!

So curious if anyone has any tips regarding this. We have our cat litter in the washroom of the house. The current cat sand we use has a distinct smell. While we are experimenting with different types of sand, they all, so far, have some sort of smell to them. Obviously it will also smell extra bad whenever the cats use the litter box. While we do remove the litter as soon as possible, we are curious if there are ways to at least mask the smell of the sand with something else… Anyone got any tips?

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    151·
    5 months ago

    Also, you have cat. You will never get rid of the smell completely. In fact, you are discovering why the U-trap pipe was invented. It traps a small amount of clean water in the U which prevents sewer gas from coming up out of the toilet. Anyway this person’s got a pretty good handle on the situation. Just remember to wash your hands when you’re done.

    • somethingsomethingidk@lemmy.world
      71·
      5 months ago

      From wikipedia

      It was invented by Alexander Cumming in 1775 but became known as the U-bend following the introduction of the U-shaped trap by Thomas Crapper in 1880

      Are you shitting me?

      • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        5 months ago

        This is what’s wrong with America, we used to have good names, strong manly names like these

        • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          18th century America:

          My name’s Alex Cumming, and I’m here to stop that pipe smell.

          🫤

          My name’s Tom Crapper and I’m here to stop that pipe smell.

          😍