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I have a family member who has property in a country where code requirements are not exactly strict
The septic tank smells in the house.
There is a section of the plumbing for the main waste pipe that comes from the house and runs a70 ft (slight angle from horizontal) before running down 20 into the septic tank.
There is either a problem with the venting at the top of the house - the pipe does not extend beyond the roof but rather into a little roof cap or there is an open pipe in the house (in the concrete cavities) or some other problem but when the central ventilation/AC is turned on, septic tank smell comes out of the AC vents. So, somehow the smell is coming from the main cavity in the walls where all the pipe work is hidden and cannot be reached.
To try and improve this, they added a vent in the main waste pipe and knocked a hole in the wall of the house underneath one of the toilets!
I can only assume this was a way to increase the ventilation of the tank but it has made no difference to the smell.
Can you add a p trap in a long section of 4" pipe or will this cause back up problems?
The septic tank smells in the house.
There is a section of the plumbing for the main waste pipe that comes from the house and runs a70 ft (slight angle from horizontal) before running down 20 into the septic tank.
There is either a problem with the venting at the top of the house - the pipe does not extend beyond the roof but rather into a little roof cap or there is an open pipe in the house (in the concrete cavities) or some other problem but when the central ventilation/AC is turned on, septic tank smell comes out of the AC vents. So, somehow the smell is coming from the main cavity in the walls where all the pipe work is hidden and cannot be reached.
To try and improve this, they added a vent in the main waste pipe and knocked a hole in the wall of the house underneath one of the toilets!
I can only assume this was a way to increase the ventilation of the tank but it has made no difference to the smell.
Can you add a p trap in a long section of 4" pipe or will this cause back up problems?