Had a nice little foundation leak during the last rain storm. Installed a drain line last fall to divert two downspouts and front walkway run off away from the house which helped a lot....
Water will find a way.
We had the whole foundation drain replaced and urethane sprayed the whole thing.
That was expensive as fuck, but no regrets.
The dehumidifier barely has to run in the basement now too.
Still, 20k was a lot of money to keep water out.
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I’ve been noticing an occasional sewer smell in my bathroom, and finally realized it’s only present when it’s below freezing outside. As soon as the weather warms up, the smell goes away. For reference, my house was built in '55 and the toilet is plumbed into the original steel sewer line. There are no leaks (everything...
It might also be a problem with your plumbing vents.
Once in a blue moon, the vent on my roof gets buried in snow.
It usually thaws quick enough because there’s a bit of warm inside air leaking up, but if we get lots of snow at once, sometimes it happens.
If the vent is plugged and air can’t get in from the vent to allow water out l, it will either start to go uhhh… glug-glug, or sometimes that just siphons one of the other traps to allow air in that way, which then also allows smelly air through there.
You’re likely to not notice the gluglug or the siphoning of another trap happening elsewhere when you flush the toilet.
I’m not a plumber, but that’d be my guess.
Air always needs to get in for water to go out.
(Kinda like holding your finger at the end of a straw in a bowl of water doesn’t allow water in or out of the straw)
If the top right vent (roof or wherever) is plugged by snow or ice and you drain somewhere else, it’s likely the basin trap will get siphoned to allow air in the way.
It then doesn’t block sewer gasses from getting back in that way.
If a vent is lacking the are air admittance valves (AAV).
They’re basically a one way vent for air that allows inside air to be used for venting the pipes but doesn’t allow sewer gasses back up.
It wouldn’t be my first choice as they eventually wear out, but certainly much cheaper than rippong stuff out of the walls.
Don’t search or ask for “downspout extensions”, but just “downspout”.
They should have regular downspouts in the same material as the vertical part that’s already installed. Just use an elbow and connect to that.
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I’m proud of them and I encourage them every chance I get.
When I got in, the oldest old-timers were still lifers, and seeing them was inbetween an illusion and an anachronism. Something that none of us would ever have: a lifelong career at the same place.
They were very loyal to the company, but the company had also (mostly) been loyal to them through their career.
Then we started seeing the corpo-grinder start cutting folks a year away from their retirement, they started or gutting pensions, etc. Full mask off moment.
Now, they don’t even bother with the illusion, so I don’t see why younger folks would have loyalty for the grinder.
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Had a nice little foundation leak during the last rain storm. Installed a drain line last fall to divert two downspouts and front walkway run off away from the house which helped a lot....
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Sewer smell in bathroom only when temperature outside below freezing
I’ve been noticing an occasional sewer smell in my bathroom, and finally realized it’s only present when it’s below freezing outside. As soon as the weather warms up, the smell goes away. For reference, my house was built in '55 and the toilet is plumbed into the original steel sewer line. There are no leaks (everything...
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Stupid Question: Can I extend my downspouts by attaching downspouts?
I can’t find downspout extenders at my local hardware store besides the terrible accordian ones. I just want a metal 10’ extension.
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