We all keep scrubbing the shower drain after the holidays, when this one-minute gesture clears the sewer smell without a single product

We all keep scrubbing the shower drain after the holidays, when this one-minute gesture clears the sewer smell without a s...

That rotten egg smell greeting you after time away isn’t dirt—it’s your shower drain’s water seal evaporating. A Victorian-era plumbing design called the P-trap normally blocks sewer gases, but when unused, it dries out in minutes. The fix? Just pour water down the drain.