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Odor/smell from toilet when flushing???

 
 
TonyOde
 
Reply Fri 18 Jan, 2008 09:09 am
I am having an issue with my downstairs and one of my upstairs toilets when flushing. I am getting a sewer odor. My toilet in our master does NOT have the problem though. I first thought I had a venting issue, so I climbed on roof and ran house down my vents (2 of them). That did seem to help a litte bit.
I am also wondering if my toilets aren't sealed good (wax rings) if that would cause this?
Would a bad seal on one toilet cause two of them to smell though??
I assume those two toilets are on one vent, and one my master is on the other.
I do have a septic system which I just recently pumped as well.
Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated. Confused
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Joe Nation
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jan, 2008 08:42 pm
Check the seals. The back pressure from the septic tank pumping may have loosened or made a crack in one or both.

Sometimes just making sure the bolts are tightened on the commodes is enough, sometimes you have to replace the wax rings.


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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jan, 2008 09:03 pm
Joe Nation wrote:
Check the seals. The back pressure from the septic tank pumping may have loosened or made a crack in one or both.

Sometimes just making sure the bolts are tightened on the commodes is enough, sometimes you have to replace the wax rings.


Joe.


Yep. The leakage could get under floor tiles and be hard to detect.
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