Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask

Bad smell in house

Asked Mar 4, 2007, 01:33 AM — 1 Answer
We have a sewage-like stinky smell that seems to come and go and we believe is coming from a bathroom in our home. We have a septic tank but it has been recently cleaned out. Our plumber can't locate a problem. We're not sure exactly where it's coming from and have no idea what it is. We also don't know why some days you can't smell it at all and some days the stench is horrible. Any ideas? All help would be appreciated. Many thanks.

1 Answer
taternutt's Avatar
taternutt Posts: 5, Reputation: 1
New Member
 
#2

Mar 4, 2007, 04:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by j9j9
We have a sewage-like stinky smell that seems to come and go and we believe is coming from a bathroom in our home. We have a septic tank but it has been recently cleaned out. Our plumber can't locate a problem. We're not sure exactly where it's coming from and have no idea what it is. We also don't know why some days you can't smell it at all and some days the stench is horrible. Any ideas? All help would be appreciated. Many thanks.
You may have a crack or loose conection in one of your taps in the bathroom. Traps are designed to hold water that makes a seal so sewer gasses don't creap in the house. Or your vent that gose through your roof may be plugged, that will cause syphoning of trap and not hold a seal.
Helpful

Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.

Remove Text Formatting

Undo
Redo
 
Decrease Size
Increase Size
Bold
Italic
Underline
Align Left
Align Center
Align Right
Ordered List
Unordered List
Decrease Indent
Increase Indent
Insert Email Link
Wrap [QUOTE] tags around selected text
Wrap [CODE] tags around selected text
Wrap [HTML] tags around selected text
Wrap [PHP] tags around selected text
Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text
Notification Type:



Check out some similar questions!

Bad smell under house [ 8 Answers ]

I have read a lot of similar questions to mine, but none seem to describe my situation exactly so here goes: I have absolutely no clue about plumbing although I'm beginning to figure out some things. My husband and I bought our first house last year and it's proving to be a lot of work. It's a...

Bad smell in house comes & goes [ 59 Answers ]

We've been living in the same home for over 6 years. It's a normal, modern home & we keep it clean. Maybe 6 months ago, this strange smell appeared in my daughter's bedroom. It's a combination of musk, fish & just plain stink. Sometimes it only lasts for a few minutes, sometimes hours, sometimes...

Bad smell in my house [ 4 Answers ]

Hi.I really have a problem.We had a mouse in the house and used some poison.But now on the bathroom we have a very bad smell which is becoming stronger.We checked but couldn't find anything.I think there is a dead mouse somewhere in the house but we can't find.The smell is becoming very bad...

Bad kitchen smell [ 2 Answers ]

For several weeks now I have had a bad smell in my kitchen. I had a plumber come out about a month ago to fix a pipe that had a hole in it that was under my kitchen. They put lime, and later on fogged under the house to get rid of the smell. I am going to have them come back out next week to see...

Help! - Bad smell in Kitchen [ 2 Answers ]

We live in a brand new condo (moved in on June 1), and a few days ago I came home to a horrible smell throughout the whole place (seems to be worst in the kitchen). Today I spent hours cleaning in, around, and under the fridge, as well as sniffing around the whole kitchen and I cannot even tell...


View more Other Home & Garden questions Search