I have a triplex, each has Kohler toilet. It was the model that got highest recommendations from Consumer Reports about 10 years ago.
All work fine except the one in the bottom apartment. That one works fine also except only in the summer, when the apartment windows are open, it exudes a sewer gas smell.
It's not a long run to the main stack and everything works fine so I'm assuming that the stack which is vented to atmosphere high on a fairly flat roof is fine.
I've reseated the toilet. I've called in a plumber who said it was the wax seal, and reseated it. But it still does the stinky, always when the windows are open wide.
I'm wondering if it has a pinhole leak someplace and normally the negative pressure in the stack does not cause a positive pressure sewer gas leak. I'm wondering if in the summer when the apartment's windows are open, the open windows create a slight atmospheric "low" within the apartment overcoming the negative stack pressure and introducing vent gas into the apartment.
Has anyone ever heard of such a condition?
I found terrylove.com while looking for a review on an American Standard Cadet 3 and was impressed with the quality of answers, so I thought I'd ask this one. I'm buying a new one for the apartment but I could use the old one in a rural vacation home and wonder if the cause is fixable.
Thanks
All work fine except the one in the bottom apartment. That one works fine also except only in the summer, when the apartment windows are open, it exudes a sewer gas smell.
It's not a long run to the main stack and everything works fine so I'm assuming that the stack which is vented to atmosphere high on a fairly flat roof is fine.
I've reseated the toilet. I've called in a plumber who said it was the wax seal, and reseated it. But it still does the stinky, always when the windows are open wide.
I'm wondering if it has a pinhole leak someplace and normally the negative pressure in the stack does not cause a positive pressure sewer gas leak. I'm wondering if in the summer when the apartment's windows are open, the open windows create a slight atmospheric "low" within the apartment overcoming the negative stack pressure and introducing vent gas into the apartment.
Has anyone ever heard of such a condition?
I found terrylove.com while looking for a review on an American Standard Cadet 3 and was impressed with the quality of answers, so I thought I'd ask this one. I'm buying a new one for the apartment but I could use the old one in a rural vacation home and wonder if the cause is fixable.
Thanks