Every time I flush the toilet or run the water in my bathroom upstairs I smell a foul sewer kind of smell downstairs right under where the bathroom is. The house was built in 1890 and everything is falling apart. Can anyone tell me why I have this smell even when I am just brushing my teeth. Also unless I was hallucinating a few months back when I was brushing my teeth I saw little off white colored worms, kind of like maggots coming from the bathroom faucet. There were only about 2 or so but so weird. Is this possible? Thank you for all your help.
2006-11-24 16:01:27 · 12 answers · asked by hot2trotstar 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
improper vent pipe...the air is going up the only place it can exit...that is up through the drain in your sink or toilet....maggots? did you leave your sandwich in bathroom after going?
2006-12-02 14:07:01 · answer #1 · answered by Lordswarrior 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the answers here are funny. Since it happens when you flush the toilet or use the sink, I as a amature plumber would suggest that you have a venting problem. What is happening is when you use a drain you need air to help the water go down. When you don't get the air, the water is sucked out of the trap and you smell the sewer gases.
The trap is the U shaped pipe under your sink. It is built into your toilet.
If you have a vent pipe coming out of you roof. (I really hope you do) it may be clogged with leaves, dead birds, bugs or other junk.
Fix..get a snake and push it into the vent pipe from the roof down.
In case you don't know....a snake is a coil of flexable steel used ny plumbers to clear clogged sewer pipes and vents.
As for the worms in your water pipe, quit watch those horror movies and leave them drugd alone.
2006-12-02 14:47:53 · answer #2 · answered by captbob552 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in case you turn on the faucet, and permit it run for a jiffy does the scent stop. If it does then the main person-friendly problem would be a blocked vent pipe and whilst the bathroom in that line is flushed the only way that the water will bypass down is to suck the water out of the traps letting sewer gas up into your residence. it particularly is something that the development superintendent desires to restoration. you do no longer point out that the sink drains slowly so i do no longer anticipate that it particularly is plugged with hair, in case you look down the drain in specific circumstances you will discover the hair there. i'd block the overflow, very nearly fill the sink with water, go away the water working, pull the plug, and take a verify out utilising a plunger to loosen the blockage so as that it washes away.
2016-10-04 08:21:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A home that old does not have a trap line so what your dealing with is coming right from your sewer, the little worms are just an idea of what is really down there. Say move out or finance a new plumbing job.
2006-12-01 06:48:49 · answer #4 · answered by Conrey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Worms are in most water systems, why everyone doesn't filter their water is beyond me. There are very few water systems anywhere that don't need filtering. Get a whole house filter and install it at the feed, be diligent about changing it on time. That being said, if there are no leaks in your drains, either your vent has a rotting pipe or the vent is obstructed.
2006-11-24 16:09:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the house is old I'm sure it has the metaltype plumming that can rust over time. Its really not that expensive to replace it with the PVC pipes. I would let that be my 1st project to do. Our house is over 100 yrs. old and we would have a bad smell come from our kitchen sink and sure enough the pipes had rusted and the water was running underneath the house. We replaced them all with PVC and are very happy with them.
2006-12-02 15:11:29 · answer #6 · answered by Demetria S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to add a pee trap at the first level of the house. This is a goose necked shaped pipe that holds water in it to prevent odors from coming back up through the pipes.
2006-12-01 07:00:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have got a break or seperation in your drain, waste or vent pipes.the pipes are probably lead or galvanized which need to be replaced. The worms are maggots. they breed in unsteril habitates, and if you do have waste water leaking,in the walls or ground the worms love it. you need to get a good reliable plumber out to your place and have him investigate.shop around a hire a knowlageable, experienced,bonded and insured technician. Your problems are going to get worse, I assure you. I wish you well.
2006-11-24 20:38:20 · answer #8 · answered by thegypsyjjb 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have one or two problems. The wax seal under the commode is leaking, and or there is no trap on your drain line. Don't know about the bugs.
2006-11-29 05:59:03 · answer #9 · answered by gntolng 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go with what the gypsy guy recommended.
2006-12-02 10:36:25 · answer #10 · answered by CincinnatiDon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋