STINKY FEET PETE
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I searched though the threads and didn't find a solution so here it goes.
Our 2 story house is 10 years old this year, on City water with septic. There have been no modifications or additions made to the plumbing. We've lived in the house for 5 years. The house sits 2/3 up a 1/2 acre hill with the septic down hill.
Last spring/summer we began getting sewer smells from the washing machine drain. The pipe does have a P trap and I have snaked both the drain and outside vent. There are no smells in the crawl space and as far as I know no other fixture smells. I think something is siphoning the water out of the P Trap but what? When I inspected the outside vent I did notice it had a little bit of water in it from a recent storm. I also got to thinking about a wayward squirrel that climbed down a heater vent when I was a kid and made quite a stink. Therefore, I put on a metal vent cap to prevent clogging. After installing the cap, the smell went away for about a year. Now the smell is back. I noticed it started after the adjacent toilet was flushed in conjunction with the shower being turned on; however we've done that each morning or years without any problems. Does anyone have any ideas?
Our 2 story house is 10 years old this year, on City water with septic. There have been no modifications or additions made to the plumbing. We've lived in the house for 5 years. The house sits 2/3 up a 1/2 acre hill with the septic down hill.
Last spring/summer we began getting sewer smells from the washing machine drain. The pipe does have a P trap and I have snaked both the drain and outside vent. There are no smells in the crawl space and as far as I know no other fixture smells. I think something is siphoning the water out of the P Trap but what? When I inspected the outside vent I did notice it had a little bit of water in it from a recent storm. I also got to thinking about a wayward squirrel that climbed down a heater vent when I was a kid and made quite a stink. Therefore, I put on a metal vent cap to prevent clogging. After installing the cap, the smell went away for about a year. Now the smell is back. I noticed it started after the adjacent toilet was flushed in conjunction with the shower being turned on; however we've done that each morning or years without any problems. Does anyone have any ideas?