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    awilliamson38 Posts: 6, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 15, 2009, 03:24 PM
    Sewage smell when it rains hard
    I am renting a modular home built on a slab with septic. Do you think the septic tank needs cleaned if I have a bad sewage smell only when it rains real hard? Since I am renting I have no idea when the last time the septic was cleaned and I am having a hard time getting the landlord to do any work or upkeep on the home.
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    Jun 15, 2009, 04:01 PM

    There is a low atmospheric pressure on rainy days keeping, and pushing, sewer gases close to the ground. That's why you smell sewer around your house.
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    Jun 15, 2009, 04:23 PM

    I'm sorry, I meant the sewage smell is inside my house not around it.
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    Jun 16, 2009, 06:34 AM
    Look in the attic. Any open pipes up there? Let me know, tom
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    Mar 5, 2011, 09:24 PM
    I am also having this problem. I live in a doublewide, the septic tank is brand new just installed in August 2010. But when it rains the inside of my house smells like pure sewage. It's unbearable! I told the landlord and his fix was to vent the pipes outside. Well, there is a stink pipe so I don't see how another vent could be the issue. He is wanted to sell us the place and we'd like to buy it. But quite frankly I'm not buying anything where I can't enjoy a rainy day without my nose being full of the smell of poop.
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