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    chris schulze Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 5, 2009, 04:17 PM
    Bad smell from walls
    I had a house built 4 years ago shortly after moving in I noticed a bad smell coming from hallway downstairs below our washer and dryer next to a room that holds our lower level hot water heater the smell is not there all the time I can't seem to find a pattern when it appears (ie during washer or when heat is on etc.) I poured bleach down my daughters tub due to a clog and the chlorine smell was very noticeable in the smelly area downstairs and the tub is upstairs.
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    Feb 5, 2009, 07:16 PM

    Sounds like you have some kind of breach or opening into the sewer line, maybe a dried out trap. Are there any floor drains in the area, add water to each of them to replenish the traps water.
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