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  1. Art-Emel

    Sewer Gas Smell From Shower Drain But P-Trap Is Full

    I smell sewer gas every other day or so in my basement bathroom which has a sink, toilet, and shower. The p-trap on all of them are full and when I get down and smell the drain of the shower, it has a slight stench of the sewer. Is something wrong? How might the gas be getting into the room if...
  2. W

    Sewer smell and noise from new shower drain, but GC insists he put a P-trap

    Hi everyone, I am having a serious issue with my newly remodeled guest house shower. See attached pic. Every day that I check by turning on the shower, sewer smell comes out from the new shower drain. It also happens when I flush the toilet first, before turning on the shower. The smell...
  3. D

    Tub drain without a trap -no room

    Folks, I started smelling sewer gas in the bath in our basement bathroom. I identified the source as the tub drain. I crawled into the cabinet on the floor and discovered there’s no trap for the drain, and it appears it wasn’t installed because there is no room for one. Are there any...
  4. G

    Complicated Sewer Smell

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/D7QNb8PD8MRmaaNj8 Hey everyone, so we have a basement bathroom and main bathroom. The basement is only under part of the house. Under the rest of the house, including the main bathroom, is a crawl space. A few months ago we noticed a sewer smell coming from the main...
  5. M

    Relentless Sewer Gas from under toilet

    I have had a sewer gas smell coming from beneath my toilet for 2 months. Here is the info: -no leaks -toilet is one year old -new flange -new wax ring -all pipes in crawl and attic are tightly sealed and no obvious cracks or leaks -roof stacks checked -smell is intermittent -flange sits...
  6. M

    Sewer smell from basement drain

    Hey all, I have a sewer drain from which I get a sewer smell from every weekend. The p-trap has water in it. The smell goes away when I pour water down it but it keeps coming back every week. The drain may or may not be conected to the weeping tile. The drain has debris in it as plumbers...
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