Recent content by nash123

Good morning all, I have a floating plug and also a stand pipe for our 4" (clay pipe, I think) floor drain in our basement. However, with the recent rains, I noticed that neither closes the drain completely, sewer water came up in the basement. While the floor drain size and plug sizes are...

Thanks but I do not think it is gas. Will check it again, though...

The floor drain has a trap, and we have been filling it, too.... drain hole for the water heater leads to the French drain that leads to the sump / sump pump. I smelled the sump and it does not smell sewer at all. The smell comes more from the center of the basement, I think. Yes we have...

Hi all, We have a finished basement in our house with a shower/bathroom, a sink, basement floor drain and washer/dryer. In the last five years, we have never had any sewer smell in the basement. We keep the sink/drain traps full with water, washer discharge pipe all taped up so no air...