[Hedgehog]

Hi there, I am new to this board and would appreciate your help. We have had a bad sewer smell come and go from our basement - and the smell comes up into the rest of the house. We use the bathroom down there daily, so it's not a case of dried up p-traps, or whatever, and the smell is not in the furnace room where the drain is. The house is 80 years old, and has a wood floor in the rec room - which is where the smell is - could it be that there is another drain under there that was covered up? That seems like such a stupid thing to do. Anyway, I am certain it is sewer gas we smell but have you ever heard of more than one drain in a basement? Thanks for any comments you might have.

[speedball1]

You may install as many floor drainsin abasement as the builder figures he will need. My bet is that when you take up the rec room floor you'll find a floor drain with the water seal evaporated that's generating the smell. When you find it, pour a quart of motor oil down the floor drain. The oil won't evaporate and you can cover the floor drain back up. Good luck, Tom