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    Sep 28, 2007, 08:16 PM
    Sewer gas from basement drain
    I can smell sewer gas when washing machine empties into basement drain. I cannot smell sewer gas otherwise. What would cause this?
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    Sep 29, 2007, 07:00 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by DUC
    I can smell sewer gas when washing machine empties into basement drain. I cannot smell sewer gas otherwise. What would cause this?
    What you're smelling is a bubble of sewer gas that's being forced back through the trap when the washer discharge hits a partial blockage and bounces back sending a bubble ahead of it.
    The solution would be to snake the drain line. Good luck, Tom
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