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Akhors (KY)
Hi! Thanks in advance for assistance with our issue. Here's the senario:
1. We did an addition to our home last May. We converted an old bedroom to a bathroom and added a master suite and laundry room.
2. We had one "old" bathroom. It did not change.
3. We put in a new septic tank to handle the two bathrooms and replace the old one (it was about 30 years old).
4. Pretty much as soon as the new tank was out in, we started getting a rotten egg smell in the old bathroom only. I was told it was because everything wasn't hooked in yet.
5. Now, many months later, the smell is still there and worsening.
6. The smell is worse when it rains and is ONLY in that one bathroom. It's really bad.
7. We regularly use the bathroom, so it shouldn't be the traps.
8. We had the toilet ring changed.
9. The bathroom is vented into the attic and we noticed the attic started smelling around the same time. We added a scooter vent to that vent pipe and the smell immediately left the attic, but not the bathroom.
Any ideas? Thanks!!!
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Wheelchair (IL)
Was the work performed by a licensed plumber and the work inspected?
Best Wishes
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Akhors (KY)
It was done by a licensed plumber but I'm questioning inspection. I have a call in to the plumber, the contractor and the inspector.
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Wheelchair (IL)
Thank You. It is most difficult via the internet to determine the actual cause, as you are only describing the end results. We don't have the benefit to witness that which was done, step by step. I only hope that the pipe, septic and drain field was installed properly and did NOT settle after the ground was restored.
The inspection should reveal some of the issues.
Best Wishes
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