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    dwhite253 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 6, 2010, 01:22 PM
    What can cause a sewer smell when I run my washing machine in a room 20 feet away?
    The smell is in my baby's room and only seems to be coming from there. It starts about 10-20 minutes into the wash cycle for my washing machine. All drains seem to drain fine. A plumber suggested that it could be a busted sewer pipe running under the floor at that point of the house. No crawl space home is on a slab. What do I do? And what could it be?
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    Dec 1, 2010, 07:20 AM
    It might be the baby!(just joking). Are you sure that it's the washing machine? It might be your neibours' pipes problem.

    Try find out exactly where the smell is coming from
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    Dec 1, 2010, 01:21 PM

    I'm wondering if you might not have a open vent pipe in the wall.
    Have this checked by a sharp plumber. You may require a smoke test to locate the source.
    Sewer gas is harmful to your families health and the methane content makes it explosive. Since it's the babies room that's affected I would get on this ASAP. Good luck, Tom
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