Our whole water system setup is a bit strange I think. We moved into an old home that would have had a water/sewer system added at some point. We don't have a complete picture of how this system works.
Since we have moved into the house though we have noticed times where the sewer smell is quite strong outside the house. I have determined it is coming from a small container type thing with two eavestrough drain pipes flowing into it. It doesn't seem to be sealed well. The smell isn't there all the time but it seems directly tied to when the water in the house is used a bit more like a load of laundry or a shower. That being said, it does not smell every single time we use a larger amount of water either. Now that summer is here and I have windows open, it can stink up the house fast if I am not careful!
The eavestrough system around the house all flows into a pipe (I am not sure where or how since it's mostly underground) which travels through our yard and out into the field behind our house. We are near the top of a slope so it's all gravity fed. I believe these pipes are somehow tied in to the septic tank so if liquid level in there got too high, it would flow out as well. At the outflow in the field however, I have never noticed a smell of sewer gas so I don't know much about that.
Does anybody have any suggestions as to how we could fix this stink problem? Since it seems to be just coming from that eavestrough spot, should we somehow try to connect the two eaves troughs into a spot that is more or less sealed, with a p trap on it? I know it would be ugly, but we have a propane tank next to it for my gas stovetop and I think we could build a nice cedar box over the whole thing if need be.
I would welcome other suggestions as well! Thank-you!
Here are links to two pictures.
https://flic.kr/p/uW4qTc
https://flic.kr/p/vdvdgB
Since we have moved into the house though we have noticed times where the sewer smell is quite strong outside the house. I have determined it is coming from a small container type thing with two eavestrough drain pipes flowing into it. It doesn't seem to be sealed well. The smell isn't there all the time but it seems directly tied to when the water in the house is used a bit more like a load of laundry or a shower. That being said, it does not smell every single time we use a larger amount of water either. Now that summer is here and I have windows open, it can stink up the house fast if I am not careful!
The eavestrough system around the house all flows into a pipe (I am not sure where or how since it's mostly underground) which travels through our yard and out into the field behind our house. We are near the top of a slope so it's all gravity fed. I believe these pipes are somehow tied in to the septic tank so if liquid level in there got too high, it would flow out as well. At the outflow in the field however, I have never noticed a smell of sewer gas so I don't know much about that.
Does anybody have any suggestions as to how we could fix this stink problem? Since it seems to be just coming from that eavestrough spot, should we somehow try to connect the two eaves troughs into a spot that is more or less sealed, with a p trap on it? I know it would be ugly, but we have a propane tank next to it for my gas stovetop and I think we could build a nice cedar box over the whole thing if need be.
I would welcome other suggestions as well! Thank-you!
Here are links to two pictures.
https://flic.kr/p/uW4qTc
https://flic.kr/p/vdvdgB
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