Great Video. Thank you! I have sewer gas and my plumber had no idea what to do. I think I found the "ONE" person on the island where I live who can do the smoke test. He is not taking customers but will "Try" to help me in a few weeks! I wish you video went on to show how the leaks are remedied. Open the walls? New Piping everywhere? Do you handle that or does the plumber come in to do that portion? Need PART 2 of your video! Thanks!
I'm renovating a house I bought. First flip of my life. While tearing up the old flooring in a bedroom closet, I noticed a sewer smell. The bedroom is not close to the bathroom and shares no walls with the bathroom. I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on. Anyway, this was an interesting video, and that's a lovely home, too. Glad you figured out the problem.
I’m in a condo and have a unit above me that’s been revovating. For the last 2.5 months I’ve had sewer smell when AC KICKES on. This seems to be my issue- I’ve had many professionals here and no one can find an issue. My condo association just had a plumber run the camera in the sewer pipes and said there was no break or no back up. This baffles me! My question is if I were to hire someone to do the smoke test do I need access to the upstairs condo because they may have busted something loose. Thank you for feedback
Hello Sue! Sorry your having to deal with this. This is going to take someone with the right experience to pin point the issue. In a condo structure, running camera typically don’t scratch the surface of finding the source. I wouid find someone who does smoke testing, but you may need to do your unit and the upstairs unit, while your A/ c unit is on.
What is the cost of simply replacing some of the traps that may be failing? It would seem that treating the affected area would be way less expensive than running a test that could cost thousands. The toilet had already been caulked and the ring replaced, therefore the shower drain was (not surprisingly) the smoking gun.
Hi Good job I love the way you guys work You are my model of the kind of work i want to do. I Would like to know, plz, wich smoke test machine and swear camera would you recomend for problems with rats? Thanks
There is a simple solution for traps drying up or just not being used.... fill with water and put 1 cup of vegetable oil down the drain. The oil will float and form a film so water below will not evaporate.
Ahhh I just want to know why I randomly smelled a chlorine smell in my garage !! I turned off my heat as it was running ( but my heat runs a lot I’ve never smelled that before ) … was I just smelling my laundry or was I actually smelling a gas ?? I’m gonna leave my heat off for tonight . I’ll turn the heat back on tomorrow once the kids are all at school , if I smell that smell again I’m contacting my landlord asap
Hello Experts.... I have a question regarding the sewage smell... I moved into a new house about a year and a half ago and since we moved in every time we use the washer it starts to smell like sewage. Our builder since the beginning said it was because the water on the trap was there for a while and that is what is smelling. Which doesn't make sense since the trap needs to have water in order to keep gases from going into the house. What do you recommend... the builder doesn't even come to see the problem at all
Envision this.. The way a carburetor works..air passes through a venturi drawing fuel up from the carburetor bowl.. Now picture your plumbing vent on your roof this is your carb jet..very windy days it draws your fixtures trap water(shower,toilet,sinks,laundry) right out of the trap into main stack draining to waste..trap is now useless/empty or almost empty..sewer gas is now able to pulsate out of fixture with fluctuations of wind. Now you be stank .
In India we wont do these kind of smoke which is very costly and we just change the drain holes to a type called Cockroach Trap Drain(Rs 255) where always water will be there so there will not be foul smell afterwards.. very low cost fix
My house is a 2017 you mentioned a floor drain in laundry room don't have one my house I purchased new with so many issues it smells bad they never caulked around toilets which you mentioned in video
I have a 1955 ranch home with mostly all original larger pipes made of cast iron and smaller for lines are copper, 3 sinks have the newer ABS plastic. The smell in the house is just terrible. I've moved here 2 months now and I can barely stay in here. I've asked locally for plumbers that do this and they don't even seen to know what I'm talking about. I'm willing to try anything DYI but mostly in not certain I have those vents on my roof... How could I help myself before I suffocate in winter 😃
@@rstjohnwwell, I'm having that problem. Main sewer line is cracked across the entire top of the line that is not buried. Smoke test being done today (five plumbers later) 😮
Google ptraps under kitchen sink. That will give you idea what your looking for.. start off by making sure you even have one. And if soo is it the right kind. Also the dishwasher.
Cool didn't know you guys do plumbing... I have a similar issue but I can't find the culprit. That poured peppermint oil down one of the event stacks on the roof and I can tell where the smell is coming from but it looks like I need to cut into the walls or drywall. That's where I'm lost at but then again I didn't do that smoke test.
I'm learning most of these folks never put in any of our homes equipment properly. None of the ptraps are installed properly and or if any at all. Our ac unit did not have a drain pan and they had the condensation line running into the sewer...from 2016 to 2024 I complained and begged telling these folks something is wrong I smell gas. Now I have autoimmune disease, severe health problems. Find out mold in air handler, all over coils. Pulled the unit from closet in hallway. Mold all over walls. And guess what. Pipe was busted that went from ac into the pipe leading to the sewer in floor 😳.. and no ptrap as well. So got expensive fancy new ac duct work all the bells and whistles and what do they do...connected the primary drain into the bathroom sewer stack going out the attic. I smell gas what do they say..oh we will come put a ptrap in to make your wife happy. 😠 I said I don't need to be happy I need to be satisfied knowing you did your job to code. And I studied Everthing. I sit in this chair and watch every you tube video for HVAC classes took notes and more. Over a week of studying to learn all these 💩 men have no idea what their doing, so they do whatever 🙄 because they figure who's gonna check their work. ME!!! I'm almost 51..the ptrap is incorrect and on the secondary line the didn't have it running nowhere. It's all in the attic now. So they come run a line, took 2 hours. Just to do it wrong. It's NOT to code. Am I really gonna have to pay inspector to hold them accountable. These fools don't listen. And don't care. Their taught to say mildew, cause they can't say mold legally. All them gonna die from this mess. Just cause they don't right away doesn't mean anything. They don't understand the pain until it arrives. They don't even know where it comes from because their to (I want say it) BUT THEY ARE. INNOCENT KIDS SUFFER BECAUSE NOBODY HAS INTEGRITY ANY LONGER. 😢 😭 WELL I KNOW THEIR ARE SOME GOOD ONES OUT THERE. !?! RIGHT. Dear God I hope so.
Great question.... I think the answer will determine if I move forward on having a smoke test. What's the point if you have no solution and I have a feeling whoever they call will prob just do whatever and say, yea its fixed BUT is it. What need another smoke test now. Geez. It's so dang complicated for all these folks to be on one page. (Heads) you don't know if more smoke is being blown at ya or what. But somebody got paid, so 🤷 is it FIXED 😢 😭
I need you guys to travel to michigan. 😌we’ve had a sewer smell for years and no one can figure it out and can’t find anyone to do a smoke test in our area. We’ve had plumbers try a dozen different things to figure it out with no luck.
Sewer gas smell in bathroom, got worse after Today, plumber conducted a smoke test and it was negative....no breach in "sewer system". The test was conducted through our "pumpout" as it was called. We are on city sewer.
I need help. I have had 3 plumbers come to my home, and none of them can find the sewage smell. One told us to replace the sink (which is NOT the source of the smell, it's coming from UNDER the sink), one said it's probably a dead animal in the wall (animals don't take 3 months to decompose), and another did a smoke test but didn't find a leak. I don't know what to do. I called a 4th plumber who says I need to have someone remove all the drywall and expose all the piping before they'll come out to help. That's going to cost me a fortune. What do I do at this point??
Sometimes bathroom sinks with overflows harvest bacteria in the overflow drain. If it’s just in the sink then I would use a cleaning solution and fill up the sink to clean that overflow drain out and kill any bacteria that’s in there.
Hey Experts, need someone in the SF Bay Area. We've been dealing with this issue for a couple of years and tried all the basic stuff but can't find the cause. A smoke test seems like the next best thing for us but can't find anyone in our area. Any recommendations that you know of here in the bay? Thanks!
Great video! I own a condo on the top floor of a tower (14th floor). Sewage smell comes and goes, p-traps have been checked, any chance I can do a smoke test being in a tower? I have roof access. Thanks!
@ Twin Home Experts I have recently had 2 bathrooms completley remodeled with nothing but issues. Besides the leaks etc the new smell of sewage hits you like a ton of bricks in the basement and sometimes upstairs. He came today after a month and said something about a studor vent but said it's already vented left and never came back. Hopefully I can get a plumber out asap to see what's going on. Is this available everywhere?
Sorry your having to deal with this Sissy. I wouid teybro find someone in your area that offers camera and smoke testing. This will pin point the breach. What area are you in?
If the shower stinks even though it is used and the trap should be full, the trap is missing and you can see this in the basement. Just have a plumber put a trap into the line. If the laundry room stinks, the trap in the laundry room floor is most likely missing some water. Water can evaporate out of the traps and then the smell comes. Just add a glass of water every 3 days to the floor drain to fill the trap. Many kitchen sinks are missing traps that could have been put in at a location near the person doing the dishes. The lady doing dishes breaths stinky bacteria odor each time she does the dishes. The plumbers hate women I guess.
Good question! Unfortunately a wetting agent won’t flow through the plumbing system. Your better off getting a smoke candle and shop vaccum. You light the smoke candle in a metal canister, tape it to the bottom of the vaccum, then start the vacuum up with the discharge hose into the sewer pipe:
I usually just take it straight to the dome. We have h2s alarms. The worst is the pee thats been sitting there for weeks, not the poop. My god, what have i done with my life??? Lol i don't even get paid enough to do what i do! I quit....jk.
Great demonstration of what the smoke test does but.......So what's the fix ???????????????????
Exactly
Wow you guys are fantastic! We need more folks with your attention to detail and tech to solve issues like this.
Hey! Love your videos!
How is the smoke getting past the water in the traps?
Great Video. Thank you! I have sewer gas and my plumber had no idea what to do. I think I found the "ONE" person on the island where I live who can do the smoke test. He is not taking customers but will "Try" to help me in a few weeks! I wish you video went on to show how the leaks are remedied. Open the walls? New Piping everywhere? Do you handle that or does the plumber come in to do that portion? Need PART 2 of your video! Thanks!
I'm renovating a house I bought. First flip of my life. While tearing up the old flooring in a bedroom closet, I noticed a sewer smell. The bedroom is not close to the bathroom and shares no walls with the bathroom. I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on. Anyway, this was an interesting video, and that's a lovely home, too. Glad you figured out the problem.
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was expecting some blacklight action given it was UV
Just curious because it wasn’t mentioned but was water recently ran in any of the drains? Wondering if the P-traps were dry in some of them?
Excellent question... hahaha
Interesting! So happy you were able to help this couple! Thank you so much for another great video guys!!!
those are quite expensive repairs will be. not sure even if they can safely break concrete floor around shower drain
I’m in a condo and have a unit above me that’s been revovating. For the last 2.5 months I’ve had sewer smell when AC KICKES on. This seems to be my issue- I’ve had many professionals here and no one can find an issue. My condo association just had a plumber run the camera in the sewer pipes and said there was no break or no back up. This baffles me! My question is if I were to hire someone to do the smoke test do I need access to the upstairs condo because they may have busted something loose. Thank you for feedback
Hello Sue! Sorry your having to deal with this. This is going to take someone with the right experience to pin point the issue.
In a condo structure, running camera typically don’t scratch the surface of finding the source.
I wouid find someone who does smoke testing, but you may need to do your unit and the upstairs unit, while your A/ c unit is on.
What is the cost of simply replacing some of the traps that may be failing? It would seem that treating the affected area would be way less expensive than running a test that could cost thousands. The toilet had already been caulked and the ring replaced, therefore the shower drain was (not surprisingly) the smoking gun.
What do you block off if we are on a septic system?
I am a second-year apprentice plumber. This is a great video thx u !!
Hi
Good job
I love the way you guys work
You are my model of the kind of work i want to do.
I Would like to know, plz, wich smoke test machine and swear camera would you recomend for problems with rats?
Thanks
Closet auger & rags to plug the sewer? Pretty janky but it works & you gotta utilize what you got lol
So basically every floor drain in this house was totally botched.... Plumber had a few beers on his lunch break and came back to do the drains haha!
There is a simple solution for traps drying up or just not being used.... fill with water and put 1 cup of vegetable oil down the drain. The oil will float and form a film so water below will not evaporate.
Thank you for the informative info to include price range....NICE VIDEO
Ahhh I just want to know why I randomly smelled a chlorine smell in my garage !! I turned off my heat as it was running ( but my heat runs a lot I’ve never smelled that before ) … was I just smelling my laundry or was I actually smelling a gas ?? I’m gonna leave my heat off for tonight . I’ll turn the heat back on tomorrow once the kids are all at school , if I smell that smell again I’m contacting my landlord asap
We have a smell like this but only comes around 4pm and later. Could that be possible for a sewer odor?
Me too i can't figure it out for the life of me
Hi. I’m experienced the same thing with one of my bathrooms, it appears around 10 PM, and goes until about 4 AM. Did you ever find a solve on this?
Are plumbers able to do this in apartments?!?
Hello Experts.... I have a question regarding the sewage smell... I moved into a new house about a year and a half ago and since we moved in every time we use the washer it starts to smell like sewage. Our builder since the beginning said it was because the water on the trap was there for a while and that is what is smelling. Which doesn't make sense since the trap needs to have water in order to keep gases from going into the house. What do you recommend... the builder doesn't even come to see the problem at all
Excellent info here, thanks
5:11 is start
Envision this..
The way a carburetor works..air passes through a venturi drawing fuel up from the carburetor bowl..
Now picture your plumbing vent on your roof this is your carb jet..very windy days it draws your fixtures trap water(shower,toilet,sinks,laundry) right out of the trap into main stack draining to waste..trap is now useless/empty or almost empty..sewer gas is now able to pulsate out of fixture with fluctuations of wind. Now you be stank .
In India we wont do these kind of smoke which is very costly and we just change the drain holes to a type called Cockroach Trap Drain(Rs 255) where always water will be there so there will not be foul smell afterwards.. very low cost fix
My house is a 2017 you mentioned a floor drain in laundry room don't have one my house I purchased new with so many issues it smells bad they never caulked around toilets which you mentioned in video
I have a 1955 ranch home with mostly all original larger pipes made of cast iron and smaller for lines are copper, 3 sinks have the newer ABS plastic.
The smell in the house is just terrible. I've moved here 2 months now and I can barely stay in here.
I've asked locally for plumbers that do this and they don't even seen to know what I'm talking about. I'm willing to try anything DYI but mostly in not certain I have those vents on my roof... How could I help myself before I suffocate in winter 😃
Your main sewer line was broken wasn't it?
I am having the same problem in a old 1958 farm house
@@rstjohnwwell, I'm having that problem. Main sewer line is cracked across the entire top of the line that is not buried. Smoke test being done today (five plumbers later) 😮
Any suggestions for non pro terd chasers?
I just move in a house and the sewage smell in the kitchen when I wash dishes r wash clothes what to do please
Google ptraps under kitchen sink. That will give you idea what your looking for.. start off by making sure you even have one. And if soo is it the right kind. Also the dishwasher.
Gonna back the twins here. if you want a job done right, you pay the going rate for a reputable tradesman.
If you want it done cheap, expect a cowboy.
Temporarily can I use a candle in bathroom until I can get my shower checked out?
Cool didn't know you guys do plumbing... I have a similar issue but I can't find the culprit. That poured peppermint oil down one of the event stacks on the roof and I can tell where the smell is coming from but it looks like I need to cut into the walls or drywall. That's where I'm lost at but then again I didn't do that smoke test.
I'm learning most of these folks never put in any of our homes equipment properly. None of the ptraps are installed properly and or if any at all. Our ac unit did not have a drain pan and they had the condensation line running into the sewer...from 2016 to 2024 I complained and begged telling these folks something is wrong I smell gas. Now I have autoimmune disease, severe health problems. Find out mold in air handler, all over coils. Pulled the unit from closet in hallway. Mold all over walls. And guess what. Pipe was busted that went from ac into the pipe leading to the sewer in floor 😳.. and no ptrap as well.
So got expensive fancy new ac duct work all the bells and whistles and what do they do...connected the primary drain into the bathroom sewer stack going out the attic. I smell gas what do they say..oh we will come put a ptrap in to make your wife happy. 😠
I said I don't need to be happy I need to be satisfied knowing you did your job to code. And I studied Everthing. I sit in this chair and watch every you tube video for HVAC classes took notes and more. Over a week of studying to learn all these 💩 men have no idea what their doing, so they do whatever 🙄 because they figure who's gonna check their work. ME!!! I'm almost 51..the ptrap is incorrect and on the secondary line the didn't have it running nowhere. It's all in the attic now. So they come run a line, took 2 hours. Just to do it wrong. It's NOT to code. Am I really gonna have to pay inspector to hold them accountable. These fools don't listen. And don't care. Their taught to say mildew, cause they can't say mold legally. All them gonna die from this mess. Just cause they don't right away doesn't mean anything. They don't understand the pain until it arrives. They don't even know where it comes from because their to (I want say it) BUT THEY ARE. INNOCENT KIDS SUFFER BECAUSE NOBODY HAS INTEGRITY ANY LONGER. 😢 😭 WELL I KNOW THEIR ARE SOME GOOD ONES OUT THERE. !?! RIGHT. Dear God I hope so.
@@jennifergallander2504 That's rough...DIY if possible but lots of scum in the trade field. Most use scare tactics to get more biz.
Capping off vents will build up pressure and push smoke up through p-traps......
Great video, thank you. How do you repair that?
Great question.... I think the answer will determine if I move forward on having a smoke test. What's the point if you have no solution and I have a feeling whoever they call will prob just do whatever and say, yea its fixed BUT is it. What need another smoke test now. Geez. It's so dang complicated for all these folks to be on one page. (Heads) you don't know if more smoke is being blown at ya or what. But somebody got paid, so 🤷 is it FIXED 😢 😭
Hi-im doing a smoke test on thursday. I live in a condo-can this be fixed ? ! I have a rly bad sewage gas smell in my bathroom
Plumber here in Texas. What model of machine are you using?
I need you guys to travel to michigan. 😌we’ve had a sewer smell for years and no one can figure it out and can’t find anyone to do a smoke test in our area. We’ve had plumbers try a dozen different things to figure it out with no luck.
Let’s go! Support@twinhomeexperts.com send a few photos of the areas your getting the odors.
Did you find the solution? How?
Sewer gas smell in bathroom, got worse after Today, plumber conducted a smoke test and it was negative....no breach in "sewer system". The test was conducted through our "pumpout" as it was called. We are on city sewer.
Is this issue on the City or Homeowners
What smoker machine do you use?
Bad trap primer and showers had no trap?
EXACTLY!!
What is the model and manufacturer of that smoke machine?
? So how was this fixed. Where problem???
I need help. I have had 3 plumbers come to my home, and none of them can find the sewage smell. One told us to replace the sink (which is NOT the source of the smell, it's coming from UNDER the sink), one said it's probably a dead animal in the wall (animals don't take 3 months to decompose), and another did a smoke test but didn't find a leak. I don't know what to do. I called a 4th plumber who says I need to have someone remove all the drywall and expose all the piping before they'll come out to help. That's going to cost me a fortune. What do I do at this point??
Sometimes bathroom sinks with overflows harvest bacteria in the overflow drain. If it’s just in the sink then I would use a cleaning solution and fill up the sink to clean that overflow drain out and kill any bacteria that’s in there.
Can the gas smell like skunk too?
I have a rotten egg smell in the kitchen. It’s coming from the wall behind the stove very heavy. Have no idea what it is
Do you have a gas stove...if so call out your gas people asap. Tell them you suspect a leak
Where is the sewer main
How much is that machine
I dont know if there is a p trap in my shower system how can i test for this?
Remove shower drain cover, the. Take a Bright flashing look down the drain is you have standing water then you have a P trap.
Hey Experts, need someone in the SF Bay Area. We've been dealing with this issue for a couple of years and tried all the basic stuff but can't find the cause. A smoke test seems like the next best thing for us but can't find anyone in our area. Any recommendations that you know of here in the bay? Thanks!
I’m looking to hire professionals in the North Bay. Were you able to find anyone you can recommend?
Nice house
Yes, it was.
How do you fix this issue????
seriously. left us hanging.
Great video! I own a condo on the top floor of a tower (14th floor). Sewage smell comes and goes, p-traps have been checked, any chance I can do a smoke test being in a tower? I have roof access. Thanks!
Wouldn't it just be easier to buy a gas sniffer at home dept? This seems like an awful big project.....I found my leak in 30 seconds with a sniffer
Check and replace your air admittance valves
@@jones762000 which one?
@@organicvids where are these found?
@@Johnnyjjohnboy they are under the sinks. Liok them up.
Why couldn’t you use a test ball to block the sewer?
@ Twin Home Experts I have recently had 2 bathrooms completley remodeled with nothing but issues. Besides the leaks etc the new smell of sewage hits you like a ton of bricks in the basement and sometimes upstairs. He came today after a month and said something about a studor vent but said it's already vented left and never came back. Hopefully I can get a plumber out asap to see what's going on. Is this available everywhere?
Sorry your having to deal with this Sissy. I wouid teybro find someone in your area that offers camera and smoke testing. This will pin point the breach. What area are you in?
Greenville SC
Did you get the problem solved? How?
@@samanthah4295 no I haven't
If the shower stinks even though it is used and the trap should be full, the trap is missing and you can see this in the basement. Just have a plumber put a trap into the line. If the laundry room stinks, the trap in the laundry room floor is most likely missing some water. Water can evaporate out of the traps and then the smell comes. Just add a glass of water every 3 days to the floor drain to fill the trap. Many kitchen sinks are missing traps that could have been put in at a location near the person doing the dishes. The lady doing dishes breaths stinky bacteria odor each time she does the dishes. The plumbers hate women I guess.
Lol, my son does the dishes 🤣 😂 😆
Could I use a fog machine?
Good question! Unfortunately a wetting agent won’t flow through the plumbing system.
Your better off getting a smoke candle and shop vaccum. You light the smoke candle in a metal canister, tape it to the bottom of the vaccum, then start the vacuum up with the discharge hose into the sewer pipe:
@@TwinHomeExperts thank you!
@@TwinHomeExpertsI thought you said the smoke handle can ruin the interior of the house and items in it
good idea but no one is going to pay that. At least I wont
Are you simple?
Man you sound like Justin Trudeau lol
Funny seeing a guy this well dressed to take on this type of job. Figured he would have had some older work clothes on or something
He is shooting a youtube video, outfit matters, haha
I usually just take it straight to the dome. We have h2s alarms. The worst is the pee thats been sitting there for weeks, not the poop. My god, what have i done with my life??? Lol i don't even get paid enough to do what i do! I quit....jk.
Hey Buddy! How have you been? Thanks for your services!!!!! I agree that sitting pee for a few weeks is the worst!
@@TwinHomeExperts I am good thank you for asking. Keep it up you guys are a lot of fun.