Hello Pros,
I have been getting this bad odor in my basement since November 2006. When it started, the odor was like a dead mouse. Then it changed to a rooten food. Then to a sewer gas. The odor comes and goes. It may smell one day and not smell for the next 2 or 3 days. Or it may smell just for half hour. It may be in the morning or in the evening. Very hard to predict. I checked the floor drain and there was/is enough water in the trap; it doesn't smell either. I later found out that the bad odor was actually coming from the sump pump, but the sump pump was dry. In any case, I put 2 cups of bleach. That didn't solve the problem. Then I thought the smell was coming from a pipe that was connected to the sump pump. And so I put 2 cups of bleach in that pipe. It's better but hasn't gone away. Do you think that pipe is connected to the sewer system/line and so the smell is coming from there? Do you think there is a broken pipe? There is no back up any where in the house.This house was built in 2002 and we moved in 2003 and never had this problem until Nov. 2006.
I need your help, please.
Thank you,
Tad
I have been getting this bad odor in my basement since November 2006. When it started, the odor was like a dead mouse. Then it changed to a rooten food. Then to a sewer gas. The odor comes and goes. It may smell one day and not smell for the next 2 or 3 days. Or it may smell just for half hour. It may be in the morning or in the evening. Very hard to predict. I checked the floor drain and there was/is enough water in the trap; it doesn't smell either. I later found out that the bad odor was actually coming from the sump pump, but the sump pump was dry. In any case, I put 2 cups of bleach. That didn't solve the problem. Then I thought the smell was coming from a pipe that was connected to the sump pump. And so I put 2 cups of bleach in that pipe. It's better but hasn't gone away. Do you think that pipe is connected to the sewer system/line and so the smell is coming from there? Do you think there is a broken pipe? There is no back up any where in the house.This house was built in 2002 and we moved in 2003 and never had this problem until Nov. 2006.
I need your help, please.
Thank you,
Tad