Sewer Gas Smell Vent Pipe Video
Sewer Gas Smell | Sewer gas can be sucked from a rooftop vent pipe like this when the wind blows across it. If you decide to vent your bath exhaust through the roof using solid PVC pipe, be sure to use a high-quality vent pipe flashing like this one to prevent leaks. Photo Credit: Tim Carter 2021
Sewer Gas Smell Vent Pipe - Odor Source
Sewer gas smell can be pulled from a rooftop plumbing vent pipe as the wind blows across it. This is known as the venturi effect and you should have been introduced to this law of physics in high school. That said, you could have been sick that day it was talked about in class!
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You can also get sewer gas smell from a septic tank cleaning procedure.
Tim Carter shows a clever way to stop odors from exiting a plumbing vent pipe on a roof.
Tim built custom homes and did ultra-custom remodeling for 20+ years before launching his Ask the Builder media presence. He was selected as one of the Big 50 by Remodeling magazine in 1993. This award gave birth to Ask the Builder in October 1993. Tim also operates https://DrawPlumbingPlans.com. His @askthebuilder YouTube channel was the first home improvement channel on YouTube.
DUDE!!!!!My less than one year old house was embarrassing when folks came over to our pretty house only to gag on smell in the breeze. I tried extending the vent pipe, twice and almost a year later I find your solution. Again I say DUDE!!! YOU NAILED IT!
Problem solved for less than 20 bucks