Brichards
Member
Hi Team,
It's been a while since I have posted, but I am still experiencing the same issue that brought me to the Plumbing Forums. Hoping that maybe someone has some new ideas or insight.
Here's what's going on...
I live in the country and have both well & septic.
I have two odor problems.
The first is your typical egg smelling well water. It is intermittent, and seems to be there whether it is cold water or hot. Leading me to believe it is bacteria in the well water itself. I have read online that chlorinating the well should resolve this? But I am unsure how to go about doing this, so an instructions or direction would help a ton!
Now the second, more pressing issue, the reason I posted this in the septic forum.
Ever since I moved into my house (12 year old house) I started noticing that when the basement windows are completely closed, I get a septic smell that starts in the basement and then makes it's way throughout the whole house. If I have one of the basement windows cracked, about 3-4inches, the smell completely disappears.
What I have done:
Had the septic tank emptied
Had a smoke test throughout the system checking for cracks/leaks and that the roof vents are working. Came back no leaks and the vents work just fine.
Sniff tested all drains, there appears to be no definable source...
The only thing I can think of is that if the window is closed, it creates some type of vacuum, bringing the septic smell in from the tank somehow? Seems that 3-4inches of a window cracked isn't very much to eliminate the odor as quickly and assuredly as it does.
Any other questions to help diagnose, or ideas to try, would be very much appreciated!
Thank you!
Blake
It's been a while since I have posted, but I am still experiencing the same issue that brought me to the Plumbing Forums. Hoping that maybe someone has some new ideas or insight.
Here's what's going on...
I live in the country and have both well & septic.
I have two odor problems.
The first is your typical egg smelling well water. It is intermittent, and seems to be there whether it is cold water or hot. Leading me to believe it is bacteria in the well water itself. I have read online that chlorinating the well should resolve this? But I am unsure how to go about doing this, so an instructions or direction would help a ton!
Now the second, more pressing issue, the reason I posted this in the septic forum.
Ever since I moved into my house (12 year old house) I started noticing that when the basement windows are completely closed, I get a septic smell that starts in the basement and then makes it's way throughout the whole house. If I have one of the basement windows cracked, about 3-4inches, the smell completely disappears.
What I have done:
Had the septic tank emptied
Had a smoke test throughout the system checking for cracks/leaks and that the roof vents are working. Came back no leaks and the vents work just fine.
Sniff tested all drains, there appears to be no definable source...
The only thing I can think of is that if the window is closed, it creates some type of vacuum, bringing the septic smell in from the tank somehow? Seems that 3-4inches of a window cracked isn't very much to eliminate the odor as quickly and assuredly as it does.
Any other questions to help diagnose, or ideas to try, would be very much appreciated!
Thank you!
Blake