sewer gas odor

We recently bought an older condo that has an under kitchen sink pump. We’ve figured out that whoever renovated the condo years ago didn’t tie into the condo main stack and they just put a sink in the middle of the room. So in order for it to drain, they added a pump which pumps the water up and...

Hello, A friend of mine has a pretty bad issue with sewer gas that seems to be coming from one of his sump pits. He lives on land that has a very high water table and I believe perhaps a small spring, so the pit is constantly filling with a trickle of water. There is a full bathroom about 10...

Hi team, I bought my first house and am pretty new to the workings of general house hold maintenance and repair. I am learning a fair bit, wouldn't say I am bad at it but just green. I paid my inspector 600$ (March 2021) and he gave me a full report of my house, it looked good other than a few...

Hello all, so to start off my house was built ~1920 with an addition some where in the 50’s, and again in the 70’s or so when from what it appears plumbing was added to the house. I’m not even sure if I’m accurate on when plumbing was added, but most every thing in this house was hodgepodged it...

Hey all, I live in Ohio and have a serious problem with sewer gas in my family home. I never noticed this before but whoever built the house used a 1 1/4" maybe 1 1/2" pipe to vent a bathroom and kitchen that goes up to an attic crawlspace, then goes horizontal in a 1" to 1 1/4" pipe for 2ft...

I'll need to post a couple of queries, the most annoying being my kitchen spray nozzle , the second being the slight but disturbing odor from the water faucet in one bathroom. I replaced the kitchen spray nozzle with a standard Home Depot one Months ago. Everything appears to fit fine, but...