doitmyself50
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I just bought a home and prior to purchase, could smell a sewer odor outside. I was told the prior owner had replaced the sewer line. Off and on I can smell sewer odor in one bathroom (the bath closest to the outdoor sewer clean out valve thing). The sewer smell is strongest from two places: the bathrub drain and also an old gas wall heater. The wall heater is on the wall closest to the outside sewer clean out, a few feet from that outer wall.
This odor comes and goes. It's hard to find a pattern, but it seems to start outside and get into this particular bathroom. No other rooms have this problem.
I was told it might be a broken P trap in the bathtub and to keep it wet. That doesn't seem to solve it. I was then told that perhaps when the prior owner put in the new line, they didn't bury it deep enough and it allows gases to get into the house. I haven't called a plumber yet, but would like to know what my first approach should be about this. I'd hate to replace a P trap if that isn't the problem (it seems to be an outside problem). I've heard it's very expensive and difficult to fix a bathtub P trap. Is that true?
This odor is quite bad at times, and I'd like to get this stopped once and for all. Any suggestions? Should I start exploring the outside first? Thanks for any information or feedback on this - it's gotten to be a real problem.
This odor comes and goes. It's hard to find a pattern, but it seems to start outside and get into this particular bathroom. No other rooms have this problem.
I was told it might be a broken P trap in the bathtub and to keep it wet. That doesn't seem to solve it. I was then told that perhaps when the prior owner put in the new line, they didn't bury it deep enough and it allows gases to get into the house. I haven't called a plumber yet, but would like to know what my first approach should be about this. I'd hate to replace a P trap if that isn't the problem (it seems to be an outside problem). I've heard it's very expensive and difficult to fix a bathtub P trap. Is that true?
This odor is quite bad at times, and I'd like to get this stopped once and for all. Any suggestions? Should I start exploring the outside first? Thanks for any information or feedback on this - it's gotten to be a real problem.