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  • Sep 29, 2011, 03:05 PM
    derekgads
    Sewer smell coming from downstairs toilet
    When we shower upstairs there is a sewer gas smell coming from from the downstairs toilet. I have replaced the wax gasket twice. What is the problem?
  • Sep 29, 2011, 03:45 PM
    speedball1
    Here's what I think is happering. You shower upstairs and the discharge picks up speed dropping down from the second floor. You have a partial blockage downstream from the downstairs toilet. The discharge from the shower hits that and bounces back sending a bubble of sewer gas ahead of it before it drains away. The solution would be to pull the toilet and snake from there. Good luck, Tom

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