what to do next....sewer gas/wax ring failure
HI all, I am a new user to this (or any )forum so please excuse and gently correct any social gafs I make. I have a mobile home (a '94) that has within the last few months been plagued with sewer gas. It seems to be episodic, worse on weekends during the day, and weekdays in the morning and in the evening. I have had plumbers here twice to correct this. The first one changed an in line vent. That didn't help. When the second one came I had removed the wall panels to expose /examine all of the plumbing lines and the vent line behind the toilet. There is only one vent through the roof and it runs up right behind the toilet. He inspected that (ok) snaked the vent(no clogs) changed the wax ring on the toilet and replaced the cheap inline vents with studdor vents . He said the ring had been leaking sewer gas even though there had been no water leaking. That was good for about a week and now the sewer gas is back again. The toilet is tight and secure to the floor. My questions are; what would cause a ring to fail again? Is there something eles that might work better? Could my vent be of inadquate size (it does meet code)? Could this be caused by the new pumping station that was put in up stream from me. I realise this is a very long piece but I am desperate I can't stand to be in my home. Thank You, Gail
HI all, I am a new user to this (or any )forum so please excuse and gently correct any social gafs I make. I have a mobile home (a '94) that has within the last few months been plagued with sewer gas. It seems to be episodic, worse on weekends during the day, and weekdays in the morning and in the evening. I have had plumbers here twice to correct this. The first one changed an in line vent. That didn't help. When the second one came I had removed the wall panels to expose /examine all of the plumbing lines and the vent line behind the toilet. There is only one vent through the roof and it runs up right behind the toilet. He inspected that (ok) snaked the vent(no clogs) changed the wax ring on the toilet and replaced the cheap inline vents with studdor vents . He said the ring had been leaking sewer gas even though there had been no water leaking. That was good for about a week and now the sewer gas is back again. The toilet is tight and secure to the floor. My questions are; what would cause a ring to fail again? Is there something eles that might work better? Could my vent be of inadquate size (it does meet code)? Could this be caused by the new pumping station that was put in up stream from me. I realise this is a very long piece but I am desperate I can't stand to be in my home. Thank You, Gail
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