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BH our home is fine after the storm, however this morning I noticed a very “sewage-y” smell coming from my basement. Upon investigating, I discovered the odor is coming from the sewer pipe that comes in from the street. There is no overflow, the hole looks dry, I don’t have water backing up anywhere in the basement. What can be causing this and is it a sign that a backup is occurring? I did phone my sewer cleaning guy and he agreed I shouldn’t have a smell in the house but said it’s a waste to come over if there’s no water and he’s busy with major emergencies today. What do you think??
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Do you hear water bubbling when it goes down (test by turning on water upstairs full force and allowing it to drain)? If so it’s probably partially clogged. For the smell itself you can pour bleach down said basement drain. Clogs usually get worse, so try to convince a plumber/sewer clearing company to come down as soon as possible. Or maybe a tree or something somehow got into the sewer line outside and is restricting flow, or even moved the pipe so that the pitch is not conducive to proper draining. Because even if you had back-flow from the storm, I don’t think the smell would persist, it would have flushed itself out by now.
I am not a plumber, just trying to help, so don’t rely on my “expertise”. Good luck!
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