WhatInTheWall
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For the past few months (about 3-4) there has been a sewage/sulphur smell in our house. We could never pinpoint it. Sort of seemed like a ghost smell that we were chasing. It didn't come from any drains, toilets, sinks, etc.
It has gotten progressively worse. I mean, horrid awful worse. I have finally pinpointed it to a wall - a far kitchen wall that is the front side of one of my son's bedroom walls. No sinks on that side of the kitchen. No bathroom in is bedroom. It is absolutely coming from that wall and I can now pinpoint (sadly) exactly where on the wall it originates from.
It comes and goes all day long and the smell will travel throughout the entire house and takes forever to get rid of. By the time it disappears, it comes back again.
I keep telling the landlord, but he says if it isn't coming from a drain, it can't be an issue with plumbing. He has also made remarks which more or less indicate the problem is not actually happening. I haven't been able to get him here at the times it happens, because he is not always available to come over when I call. The only other option is for him to hang out here several hours until it does happen and he witnesses it, which is apparently not an option either.
I don't know what to do. I don't know what it could be. I know it is absolutely horrid and it is getting to the point that when it happens I am opening all doors and windows to get the smell out. I live in PA...it is freezing here! If you're in the kitchen or dining room when it happens, you cannot stay in those rooms because the smell about suffocates you. It then travels all throughout the house. It is horrid sewage/sulphur/rotten egg odor from the depths of hell.
I live in a single detached home. It is a "rancher." All one floor. "Downstairs" is the garage and water heater/electrical room.
The wall that the smell is coming from is, I believe, the same line up as one of the garage walls. The garage extends beyond then, underneath my son's bedroom. There is no odor outside the house and we haven't noticed any other problems with plumbing. No smells, no clogs, no leaks.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! I have been looking online for a while now but everything seems to lead to drains - as in the smell is originating in a drain. It is definitely not coming out of any drain here.
EDITED TO ADD - It does not seem to be related to running water or flushing toilets. It just comes and goes randomly throughout the day.
It has gotten progressively worse. I mean, horrid awful worse. I have finally pinpointed it to a wall - a far kitchen wall that is the front side of one of my son's bedroom walls. No sinks on that side of the kitchen. No bathroom in is bedroom. It is absolutely coming from that wall and I can now pinpoint (sadly) exactly where on the wall it originates from.
It comes and goes all day long and the smell will travel throughout the entire house and takes forever to get rid of. By the time it disappears, it comes back again.
I keep telling the landlord, but he says if it isn't coming from a drain, it can't be an issue with plumbing. He has also made remarks which more or less indicate the problem is not actually happening. I haven't been able to get him here at the times it happens, because he is not always available to come over when I call. The only other option is for him to hang out here several hours until it does happen and he witnesses it, which is apparently not an option either.
I don't know what to do. I don't know what it could be. I know it is absolutely horrid and it is getting to the point that when it happens I am opening all doors and windows to get the smell out. I live in PA...it is freezing here! If you're in the kitchen or dining room when it happens, you cannot stay in those rooms because the smell about suffocates you. It then travels all throughout the house. It is horrid sewage/sulphur/rotten egg odor from the depths of hell.
I live in a single detached home. It is a "rancher." All one floor. "Downstairs" is the garage and water heater/electrical room.
The wall that the smell is coming from is, I believe, the same line up as one of the garage walls. The garage extends beyond then, underneath my son's bedroom. There is no odor outside the house and we haven't noticed any other problems with plumbing. No smells, no clogs, no leaks.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! I have been looking online for a while now but everything seems to lead to drains - as in the smell is originating in a drain. It is definitely not coming out of any drain here.
EDITED TO ADD - It does not seem to be related to running water or flushing toilets. It just comes and goes randomly throughout the day.
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