Just a quick note here: I had an occasional bad odor problem. It would occur sometimes. Other times it was not present. I was dreading fixing this problem because I just knew it was a cracked pipe in a really inaccessible area. I ended up purchasing a handheld "combustible gas detector" for about $30 from one of the big online retailers. After experimenting with it a little bit to get the sensitivity setting right, I was able to find the source of my problem - an un-glued joint had come apart high in the wall, not anywhere near where I thought the problem was.

I highly recommend the handheld electronic "combustible gas detector" as a useful tool to find the source of these bad odors.

Excellent tip. Thanks, John.

As an aside, the Carbon Monoxide detector plugged into an outlet in your house will react to the excess CO in the exhaust of a badly running engine when held near the flow. It will not react if the engine is running well.

The Service Plumber just learned 2 things. Thank you all for posting. Smells are the one of the most challenging problems we face as plumbers. I never would of thought of a gas leak detector : wow!

I usually ask the homeowners to pin point the smell and between us we usually get it but Ill have to try the leak detector.


Brand new to this forum. No adds, not tracking seems refreshing. Thanks Plbg for this place.

Seth



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