{ "id": "silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack", "sku": "silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack", "title": "Silicone Floor Trap Cover 20cm, 2 Pack", "slug": "silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack", "price": 48.99, "currency": "SGD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "floor-drain-covers", "category_label": "Floor Trap Covers & Odour Seals", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "60 g", "images": [ "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/floor-drain-covers/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/main-silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/floor-drain-covers/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/floor-drain-covers/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/floor-drain-covers/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/floor-drain-covers/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack-5.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/floor-drain-covers/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack-6.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/floor-drain-covers/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "A two-piece set of 20.3cm matte silicone mats with a suction underside, a textured top face and a hanging loop, made to sit over floor traps in bathrooms, kitchens and laundries.", "description": "The smell that comes back every few days\n\nMost people meet this problem the same way. You clean the bathroom properly, everything is fresh, and two days later there is a faint sour note near the floor. You clean again. It comes back. The grout gets blamed, then the bin, then the towels.\n\nNine times out of ten the source is the floor trap. Under every floor drain there is a water trap, a small bend that holds a plug of water. That water is the only thing standing between your room and the sewer line. When the water sits there long enough it evaporates, especially in a dry climate, a heated bathroom, or a room that nobody uses from Monday to Friday. Once the trap runs dry, air flows the wrong way.\n\nA silicone floor trap cover deals with the symptom directly. It sits over the opening and covers it, so even if the trap below is low on water, the air has no easy route into the room. It is a small, cheap, reversible fix that does not involve a plumber.\n\nHow a flat silicone cover works\n\nThere is nothing clever going on inside it, and that is the point. The cover is a square of flexible silicone, 20.3cm on each side, that lies over the grate. Silicone is soft enough to settle against slightly uneven tile and dense enough to hold its own shape. Weight plus flexibility plus a smooth underside gives you a decent seal across the opening.\n\nThe two faces do different work. One side has suction, so on a smooth surface like glazed tile, an acrylic shower tray or a stainless steel sink basin it holds rather than slides. The other side has a textured matte finish, which gives some grip if you step on it with a wet foot. That matters more than it sounds. A glossy flat disc in a shower is a hazard. A matte textured one is not.\n\nThe hanging loop moulded into the edge is the kind of detail you only appreciate after a week of use. Rinse the cover, hook it up, and it dries on both sides without sitting face down in a puddle. The suction face stays clean, which is exactly what keeps it gripping properly.\n\nWho this suits\n\nRenters get the most out of it, because they cannot change the plumbing and often inherit a bathroom with questionable drainage. A non slip drain mat that sits on top and lifts off at move-out is the right tool.\n\nAnyone with a spare bathroom, a laundry that only runs on weekends, or a second shower that nobody uses will know the dry-trap smell well. Those rooms are where a cover does its quietest, most useful work.\n\nHoliday homes and apartments that sit empty for stretches are the same story. So are ground-floor laundries, which tend to sit directly over the main line and get the worst of it.\n\nIt also suits people who simply want less falling into the drain. A bathroom floor drain cover catches the stray cotton bud, the bottle cap, the bit of soap. Small things, but fishing them out again is nobody's idea of a good afternoon.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is the only part worth slowing down for. Measure the widest point of your drain opening, including the metal grate frame if it sits proud of the tile. If that measurement comes in under 20.3cm, this cover will overlap on all sides and seal properly.\n\nSquare grate, round grate, it does not matter much. A square silicone mat sits over a round opening perfectly well, it just leaves four small corners of silicone resting on tile. What does matter is the surrounding surface. You want about two to three centimetres of flat floor around the opening for the edges to rest on. If your grate sits in a shallow recessed well with sloped sides, the cover will bridge the gap rather than seal it, and it will be less effective.\n\nTexture matters too. Highly textured anti-slip tile gives the suction face less to grab. The cover still works, it just will not hold as firmly. On smooth glazed tile the suction does its job properly.\n\nWhere to put the two covers\n\nGetting two in the set changes how you use them. A few sensible splits:\n\nMain bathroom and laundry. These are the two most common odour sources in a home and covering both is the obvious move.\n\nOne in use, one drying. If you want the cover down most of the time, having a clean spare means you never leave the drain open while the first one dries.\n\nHome and travel. One stays in the bathroom, one goes in the suitcase. Holiday rentals and older hotels are reliably bad for drain smell, and a 60 gram silicone square takes up no room at all.\n\nTwo drains in one wet room. Some bathrooms have a shower waste and a separate floor trap. Cover both.\n\nLiving with it day to day\n\nThe routine is simple. The cover stays seated when the room is not in use. When you shower, lift it and set it aside, or slide it to the dry part of the floor. When you are done and the water has run away, put it back. After a few days it stops being a conscious decision.\n\nSome people leave it seated permanently in a laundry or guest bathroom and only lift it when the drain actually needs to work. That is the lowest-effort version and it is usually enough.\n\nOne habit worth building: run the tap or tip a jug of water down any unused floor trap every few weeks. That refills the trap below. The cover handles the air, the water handles the rest, and between the two you should not smell anything at all.\n\nCleaning and care\n\nSilicone is forgiving. It does not absorb water, it does not host soap film the way a fabric or foam mat does, and it does not go brittle from regular wetting.\n\nRinse the cover under the tap after a few days of use. Wipe both faces with a cloth. If there is a film building up, use warm water and a little dish soap, then rinse properly so nothing tacky is left on the suction side. Hang it by the loop and let it dry.\n\nAvoid three things. Abrasive scourers, which scratch the matte surface and ruin the grip. Bleach soaks, which are overkill and can degrade soft silicone over time. Sharp tools used to scrape at it, since a nick in the edge becomes a tear.\n\nKeep the suction face clean. Grit and hair trapped underneath are the main reasons a cover stops gripping well, and a ten second wipe fixes it.\n\nWhen this is not the answer\n\nWorth being straight about. If your drain smell is constant and strong even right after you have poured water down it, the trap is probably not the problem. That points to a cracked pipe, a failed seal, or a venting issue, and a cover will only mask it.\n\nIf the drain is slow, a cover does nothing for that. You need the blockage cleared first.\n\nAnd if you are after something that filters while water runs through it, this is not that product. A flat silicone drain seal and a mesh hair catcher solve different problems. Plenty of households use both, at different moments.\n\nThe short version\n\nA dry floor trap lets sewer air into the room, and that is the usual reason a clean bathroom still smells. A 20.3cm silicone cover sits over the opening, seals it while the drain is not in use, and lifts off in a second when it is. It grips on one side, gives grip underfoot on the other, and hangs up to dry.\n\nMeasure your drain opening. If it is under 20.3cm, this fits. You get two in the set, so pick two rooms, or keep a spare for rotation. Rinse it now and then, hang it to dry, and the problem quietly stops being a problem.", "llm_summary": "The Silicone Floor Trap Cover 20cm 2 Pack is a two-piece set of matte grey silicone drain covers from, model X1265-XGR-F2-3. Each mat measures 20.3cm by 20.3cm (about 8 by 8 inches (20 cm)) and weighs around 60 grams for the set as listed. One face has suction to hold against smooth tile, acrylic or stainless steel, while the other is a textured matte surface. A round hanging loop allows the cover to be hung to dry. It is described as having an anti-odour function, intended to cover floor traps and drains in bathrooms, kitchens and laundries. Country of origin and exact dimensional depth are not specified by the maker. Care is simple rinsing and wiping.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; your protection under the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003 for faulty goods is unaffected. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Drains Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://drains.asia/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://drains.asia/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://drains.asia/api/products/silicone-floor-trap-cover-20cm-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }