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Moved into house (built in 1905) in December. It still has the cast iron toilet drain and main stack. We have been getting an intermittent sewer smell in the house/basement since about late April/early May. It never smelled in the cool months of December - March. Just doing some...

Took care of the AAV on the bathroom sink, but still have the smell. That narrows it down to the tub or toilet! Seems to get stinky after a bath.

Will give it a try. Thanks!

After reading your post and doing a little more digging, the trap under the sink is an S-trap, not a P-trap, which could very well cause the siphoning. I do know that all 3 drains--toilet, lav, and tub--go directly to the main line, which has a 4" vent out the roof. However, none of them has a...

We put some vinegar and baking soda, as well as drain cleaner down the drain, but smell still shows up about once or twice a week. If it's anything related, the sink gurgles when draining the tub. I've attached a photo of the tub drain from the basement. Would the horizontal run before the...

Thanks! Will give that a try.

Recently bought a 100+ year old house with basement. When someone takes a shower or bath, the main floor seems to get a strong sewer smell, but none in the basement. We still smell it after coming home from work in the afternoon, but very strong with a bath. The stench really comes through...

Probably call a plumber! :) I assume I need to run a drain snake down the pipe to try to clean it out? Also...opened up the 2nd clean out yesterday and it also had quite a bit of water coming out (until I sealed it back up). So the clog is further down than what I suspected. Also thinking...

That's exactly what I was thinking, but 1) I'm not a plumber 2) sometimes my "common sense" leads me wrong :) 3) I try to confirm my thinking with professionals who have done this a million times. Thank you for your help.

working on a drain pipe for a kitchen sink. The line runs about 30 feet total. It has two clean outs. When I opened up the first one, I had a steady stream of water coming out. This isn’t suppose to happen, right?! I have a partial clog somewhere in the line...does this tell me the clog is...

Like yours, it's under the basement floor, so thankfully, easy access to the pipe. If I add the cleanout, I'll be using a wye connector, correct?

Thanks...the backup was there before, that is why I put in the vent. However, after the vent, I get the same thing. The pipe is a vertical drop to a horizontal 90 in the basement. Is my next guess to replace that 90 with a 45, 12 inch pipe, and then another 45? I do have some clean outs...

Thanks all for your reply! Put in the AAV today (if any plumber took as long as me, they’d be in the unemployment line!) , but the only change in the backup is that it drains a bit faster. When I turn on the faucet wide open into the left sink, the right sink begins backing up (along with left...

Another quick question...I'm afraid the P trap arm is going to be too long to squeeze between the tailpiece and the drainpipe. Can I swing the first part of the P-trap to the left and rotate the trap arm portion back around to the right without causing a draining problem?

I think I've got it...thanks!

My wife and I just bought a home (built 1901) and are having an issue with our double kitchen sink barely draining and backing up if the faucet is on for about a minute or more. We checked to make sure there wasn't a clog. The run from the kitchen to the vent stack/main drain is 25+ feet, and...