We have a large basement that smells like sewage or rotten eggs in the morning. I am afraid that it is a health hazard. All the plumbers the landlord talks to have no idea how to fix it. Should we talk to an engineer?

Over the last couple of weeks we have had a bad (rotten egg type) smell start up around the outside of the house. It is particularly noticeable if you get down close to where the surface (rain) water downpipes go into the ground at the front of the house. Our next door neighbours on both [...]

I have used a plunger, and bleach, and I would rather not go out and get a chemical draining fluid because thats even more chemicals and exspensive. Is there another way i can unclog my drains? They are all making noises when one is clogged or being used, which means they must all connect in [...]

I have already tried dumping bleach down the bathroom drain, ended up with moldy bleach smell. LOL Tried a little bit of Drano…now what? I thought that drains were built to take the waste that flows down the pipe and I am surprised that my bathroom drain is a smelly as this. Can anyone suggest [...]

How come my shower drain smells shortly after turning water on? It is an ‘off’ smell kind of like rotten eggs. It happens on the other two nearby drains at times but water doesn’t pass through them as often (laundry floor type drains). I thought maybe there’s some kind of residue that won’t go down [...]

I need to get rid of a shower drain smell. It is the shower I used the most in my house, the house is 4 years old. It is located in the second floor, the other bathroom does not have that problem. For clarity the shower drain smell is only in one shower and is [...]

Since having a softener installed a couple of weeks ago I have noticed a bad smell from the sink drain pipes. – is this a coincidence?

When I do laundry, when the washer drains my bathroom sink spits and bathtub drain gurgles and there is a horrible rotten egg smell. I cut back on laundry soap and fab softener and the stinch is still lingering. Have also tried the septic treatments and nothing has worked. Have tried to check the drain [...]