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Here's an issue that I was hoping someone could offer advice for before I call in someone with a video camera.
I have a floor drain in the basement that just smells like sewage when you get down by it. It's on one side of the house where a bathroom and kitchen run by it. The water is always full, and I try to flush it with clean water once a week, but by the end of the week, the smell is back.
I've had a pro come with a powered snake, but the smell was back within a week. I watched for bubbles as the upstairs toilet is flushed, but the water just slightly moves up and down... no bubbles. I even put some dye in the toilet to see if that was backing up into the trap, but when I stuck a piece of paper town into the trap after flushing the dye and it come out clear but stinky. I then put baking soda in the trap and stuck a piece of paper towel in the water, and black spots were on the town that REALLY smelled......sewage?
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I tried bleach, enzyme cleaner, baking soda, so I don't think it's just scum. The smell is too strong for that.
My next step before calling in a video camera guy is to try snaking the vent tube. I don't know if that will do anything, but I'm out of ideas.
Can anyone help me?!?
Thanks for all the advice I've learned from this board.
I have a floor drain in the basement that just smells like sewage when you get down by it. It's on one side of the house where a bathroom and kitchen run by it. The water is always full, and I try to flush it with clean water once a week, but by the end of the week, the smell is back.
I've had a pro come with a powered snake, but the smell was back within a week. I watched for bubbles as the upstairs toilet is flushed, but the water just slightly moves up and down... no bubbles. I even put some dye in the toilet to see if that was backing up into the trap, but when I stuck a piece of paper town into the trap after flushing the dye and it come out clear but stinky. I then put baking soda in the trap and stuck a piece of paper towel in the water, and black spots were on the town that REALLY smelled......sewage?
.
I tried bleach, enzyme cleaner, baking soda, so I don't think it's just scum. The smell is too strong for that.
My next step before calling in a video camera guy is to try snaking the vent tube. I don't know if that will do anything, but I'm out of ideas.
Can anyone help me?!?
Thanks for all the advice I've learned from this board.