Kim
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Help - anyone!
I have lived in this house 4 months. It is only 2 years old.
I have a strong sewer odor in my master shower - only when it is in use and draining. The odor is so strong that it stinks up the connecting bedroom. There is water in the trap when not in use. I have 2 other bathrooms that are used frequently with no odor. The house and shower is on a concrete slab. We are on city services.
I have had a plumber out 5 times. We have tried various things. The first time, we scrubbed and sanitized the drain. (bleach,vinegar, draino ,etc) The second time, we ran a smoke test down the vent pipe. No leakage around toilet, sinks or shower. However, we had smoke at the air flow tub. It is a tub with an auto vent. ( the wall is a half wall and no way to vent up and out of roof) It appeared that someone had removed the inside of the auto vent. Just the plastic top casing was glued to the top of the vent pipe? Were the previous owners chasing the same problem? I know that venting and suctions are related, so I wonder if they took it off to avoid some sort of siphoning?
When the shower is in use you can hear the water draining and it sounds unusually loud to me. Could it be that the p trap is not long enough, or too long?
Replacing the auto vent did nothing for the shower.
Next, we raised the vent pipe on the roof in case there was a back draft to the venting. No good - worse than ever.
Then we ran a camera through the sewer line, appeared to be fine with no blockage. We ran the camera through the vent pipe with no visible problems.
We had a shower tile repair man out to see if it was the shower pan. No luck. He said it appeared to be fine. The smell was not consistent with a pan problem. It is definately sewer gas.
One other thing that concerns me is the fact that all of the plumbing has been rerouted through the ceiling, which could indicate a previous slab leak. Would there be residual problems from that?
You can sense my desperation. Any help would be appreciated.
I have lived in this house 4 months. It is only 2 years old.
I have a strong sewer odor in my master shower - only when it is in use and draining. The odor is so strong that it stinks up the connecting bedroom. There is water in the trap when not in use. I have 2 other bathrooms that are used frequently with no odor. The house and shower is on a concrete slab. We are on city services.
I have had a plumber out 5 times. We have tried various things. The first time, we scrubbed and sanitized the drain. (bleach,vinegar, draino ,etc) The second time, we ran a smoke test down the vent pipe. No leakage around toilet, sinks or shower. However, we had smoke at the air flow tub. It is a tub with an auto vent. ( the wall is a half wall and no way to vent up and out of roof) It appeared that someone had removed the inside of the auto vent. Just the plastic top casing was glued to the top of the vent pipe? Were the previous owners chasing the same problem? I know that venting and suctions are related, so I wonder if they took it off to avoid some sort of siphoning?
When the shower is in use you can hear the water draining and it sounds unusually loud to me. Could it be that the p trap is not long enough, or too long?
Replacing the auto vent did nothing for the shower.
Next, we raised the vent pipe on the roof in case there was a back draft to the venting. No good - worse than ever.
Then we ran a camera through the sewer line, appeared to be fine with no blockage. We ran the camera through the vent pipe with no visible problems.
We had a shower tile repair man out to see if it was the shower pan. No luck. He said it appeared to be fine. The smell was not consistent with a pan problem. It is definately sewer gas.
One other thing that concerns me is the fact that all of the plumbing has been rerouted through the ceiling, which could indicate a previous slab leak. Would there be residual problems from that?
You can sense my desperation. Any help would be appreciated.