 |
|
| Browse | Ask | Answer | Search | Join/Login |
|
|
||||
|
Sewage pump unit smell
I have a sewage pump unit in my basement, I have a toilet that sits directly on top of it, and a vanity sink tied into it. When the pump runs it seems to be starved for air. i.e. sucks the p trap dry so I always run water in it to to fill it back up. My question is if the toilet gets a lot of use in one night, I have a stale urine smell that shows up, and is highly intolerable, It seems to me as though the urine smell is being forced out between the toilet and the wax ring, I am not sure. This entire unit is vented with my septic stack, does this unit need its own vent, and is the unit starving for air and forcing the smell back into my house? Please help, the smell is nauseating to take care of when it happens.
|
||||
| Question Tools | Search this Question |
Add your answer here.
Check out some similar questions!
We have a sewage smell in our basement that we finished and added a bathroom. It has an ejector pump and we have sealed off the crock top with caulk and wax. The smell is not all the time and is very inconsistent. We have city sewage. We have tried everything with not luck. The only thing that we...
I have a one year old home which this past summer, I was getting a sewage smell. At first is was only happening on a windy day. I'm on septic system, my floor drains in basement are always full with water. I was getting the smell in my sons room through the return air grill.. After I figured...
We have sewage smell that seems to be coming from the stack pipe the runs from the basement to the roof. Here is some back ground on the setup, now I'm not a plumber so bare with me. This is a older two story house, the vent pipe is cast iron and runs from the sewer pipe that goes out the...
View more questions Search
|
