Help with sewage smelling basement!
Thanks for any input. Let me begin by saying I know NOTHING about the plumbing in my 100+ yr old home so let me provide you with some information. I have a stone block foundation that has leaked since the day I moved in so I'm not a stranger to seepage in my basement. Lately though ANY time I use the washing machine, dishwasher, shower or even flush more than once in 10 minutes I get a POOL of water in my basement that SMELLS horribly! Definitely a sewer smell. Upon investigating, it seems to be slowly leaking in from under the cement floor forming a little pool. I have a sump pump that spews the smelly stuff out when it get's too deep which doesn't make ANYONE happy. I have this covered, brick, cylidrical basin thingy under my back porch that I think is what fills and then shoots to the sewer that I've emptied -GROSS- but I still get the water and the smell. It's very near where the smelly stuff is coming up into the basement. In addition to the seepage and smell, 2 of my sinks don't drain and I hear gurgling sounds from them even when I'm not doing the wash. I think I'm looking for guidance more than a solution. I can't live with the smell anymore. Because even when It's not leaking,IT SMELLS! Thanks again for any attention to this matter! Cathy