Solid waste floating up in basement floor drain, why?
Hi there,
This is my very first chat posting on a website... but here it goes...
I have recently noticed that solid toilet waste is floating up to the top of the water that is present in my floor drain in the basement. The drains and all the outlet plumbing of the house seems to work fine, but every week or so, I notice a foul odour coming from the basement. When I check it is indeed the solids floating up in the floor drain.
I have been in the house 7 years and have only noticed this problem in the last 2 years or so. In that period two notable things have changed that I can think of
1) I renovated my that rooms and am now using low volume toilets 1.6 gpf and
2) my street has been rebuilt including the sewer system
The sewage is not backing up out of the drain so the problem is more of an annoyance than a crisis but I am planning to finish my basement and would hate to have to smell that foul odour in my newly finished basement.
Does anyone have an idea why this might be occurring? Or how it might be fixed?
Thanks in advance.
PGM