radicaldreamer
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I live in a house built in the 1920's. When I purchased the house i went on a cleaning rampage and cleaned everything in the house including the drains (sprayed them with a water hose)
I think this may have caused a problem with sewer gas coming back into the house as I smell a VERY strong odor coming from that drain. Now I have poured water and bleach into the drain and it seems to take care of it for a few minutes and then its back.
I have read that I need to pour water around the edges of the trap to create a water seal OR pour some cooking oil to keep it from evaporating.
My question is this, when I originally hosed the drain there were rocks and mud around the ring under the plastic cover. I removed this to find that the pipe there is rusted fairly bad. Is this whats causing the problem? Can someone recommend a way to fix it that doesnt involve busting the concrete or sealing the drain (my central air drains into this drain.
I think this may have caused a problem with sewer gas coming back into the house as I smell a VERY strong odor coming from that drain. Now I have poured water and bleach into the drain and it seems to take care of it for a few minutes and then its back.
I have read that I need to pour water around the edges of the trap to create a water seal OR pour some cooking oil to keep it from evaporating.
My question is this, when I originally hosed the drain there were rocks and mud around the ring under the plastic cover. I removed this to find that the pipe there is rusted fairly bad. Is this whats causing the problem? Can someone recommend a way to fix it that doesnt involve busting the concrete or sealing the drain (my central air drains into this drain.