MBHomeOwner
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Good Evening Everyone,
I am a new homeowner and am currently experiencing some very unpleasant sewer odors coming from a floor drain and toilet in my basement.
1.) The toilet and floor drain are in a finished basement in a finished bathroom.
2.) The floor drain is very old (house built in 1939) but has a P trap and it is filled with water.
3.) There is a strong "wind" or backdraft coming up through the floor drain.
4.) I went to bed on a Saturday and woke up on Sunday to the smell being very bad.
5.) I had a sewer company come and inspect the sewer and did a complete hydro jet. So now I have a completely clean, fully functioning sewer, but the smell still exists.
What are some of the possible reasons for this? Why would the floor drain have a "backdraft" breeze coming through it from the sewer?
There is a lot of construction going on in my neighborhood and some of which involved complete demo of houses. Is it possible that another property plugged their tie-in to the city sewer and changed the flow of gases?
Any information that anyone can provide is VERY appreciated!
Thanks so much!
I am a new homeowner and am currently experiencing some very unpleasant sewer odors coming from a floor drain and toilet in my basement.
1.) The toilet and floor drain are in a finished basement in a finished bathroom.
2.) The floor drain is very old (house built in 1939) but has a P trap and it is filled with water.
3.) There is a strong "wind" or backdraft coming up through the floor drain.
4.) I went to bed on a Saturday and woke up on Sunday to the smell being very bad.
5.) I had a sewer company come and inspect the sewer and did a complete hydro jet. So now I have a completely clean, fully functioning sewer, but the smell still exists.
What are some of the possible reasons for this? Why would the floor drain have a "backdraft" breeze coming through it from the sewer?
There is a lot of construction going on in my neighborhood and some of which involved complete demo of houses. Is it possible that another property plugged their tie-in to the city sewer and changed the flow of gases?
Any information that anyone can provide is VERY appreciated!
Thanks so much!
