Sam3696
New Member
Hello!
Since we moved into our townhouse 3 months ago, we have had a bad chemical smell underneath the kitchen island.
Our pre-purchase home inspector said the dishwasher hose didn't have a high enough loop so we had that corrected.
The former owners said they had a problem with the garburator in the kitchen island where the gasket broke (but they had it repaired). Once we moved in, we didn't use the garburator for a couple of months and then had it removed. The dishwasher also smelled strongly of chemical, so we replaced it with a new dishwasher.
Last month, a plumber said that one of the pipes (air trap) under the kitchen island wasn't sealed properly and had been releasing toxic sewer gas into our air. He sealed the pipe and we thought it was resolved. But the chemical smell has persisted.
Last week end we had a strong smell of rotten eggs around the kitchen when we came home. The fire department confirmed it wasn't natural gas. They said it may be sewer gas.
So on Monday we had another plumber come, and he confirmed it wasn't a problem with the air vent under the kitchen island. On Friday, plumbers came back to do a smoke test. The only place where smoke appeared was in the garage, but the plumber said that was because the balloon they had used to block the drain had deflated a bit, and then he reinflated it. Other than that, we didn't see smoke anywhere. And now no one knows what else to suggest.
We have two little kids living in the house so we are eager to get this resolved.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Sam
Since we moved into our townhouse 3 months ago, we have had a bad chemical smell underneath the kitchen island.
Our pre-purchase home inspector said the dishwasher hose didn't have a high enough loop so we had that corrected.
The former owners said they had a problem with the garburator in the kitchen island where the gasket broke (but they had it repaired). Once we moved in, we didn't use the garburator for a couple of months and then had it removed. The dishwasher also smelled strongly of chemical, so we replaced it with a new dishwasher.
Last month, a plumber said that one of the pipes (air trap) under the kitchen island wasn't sealed properly and had been releasing toxic sewer gas into our air. He sealed the pipe and we thought it was resolved. But the chemical smell has persisted.
Last week end we had a strong smell of rotten eggs around the kitchen when we came home. The fire department confirmed it wasn't natural gas. They said it may be sewer gas.
So on Monday we had another plumber come, and he confirmed it wasn't a problem with the air vent under the kitchen island. On Friday, plumbers came back to do a smoke test. The only place where smoke appeared was in the garage, but the plumber said that was because the balloon they had used to block the drain had deflated a bit, and then he reinflated it. Other than that, we didn't see smoke anywhere. And now no one knows what else to suggest.
We have two little kids living in the house so we are eager to get this resolved.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Sam
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