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Methane, hydrogen Sulfide and many other highly carcinogenic fumes are found in the sewers
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agono, unless there is something being put in a drain nearby that has a lot of chlorine in it such as pool water. Sewer gas generally smells like an out house.
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∙ 12y agoNo. It has a very specific odor because natural gas really has no odor at all so Mercaptin is added to give it an odor unlike anything else.
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How sewer gas smell?
Awful.
How does sewer gas smell?
Awful.
Think i smell sewer gas in my bathroom. whats this?
If you think you smell sewer gas in your bathroom, it could be that a sewage blockage is in your pipes, causing the sewage to back up in the lines.
Any health effect to sewer gas smells?
There is no permanent health effect of sewer gas odors but it can make one nauseated to smell the odor.
I have a smell around plumbing pipe but can not find hole?
If it is a sewer gas, you can detect it with a combustable gas detector.
What do you do if you smell sewer gas?
Call the police, fire dept or Con Edison or all 3.
If you can smell sewer gas can it kill you?
Over time yes as it does cause some type of brain and liver cancers
What would make sewage smell when heating with gas?
Perhaps a gas leak? The gas we use for cooking is originally odourless, but a smell is added during manufacturing to let us know if there is a leak, and this smell is most commonly sewer-like.
Where can the sewer gas smell come from if it does not come from the drain of the ower- level on-a-slab shower?
One of the biggest culprits I have found for sewer gas smell is the floor drain many floor drains are seldom if ever used and if unused long enough the water in the trap will evaporate allowing sewer gas to enter the dwelling. this also applies to any trap which is not used regularly.
Can you pour bleach down your shower drain to get rid of the sewer gas smell?
Heck no as it is a very carcinogenic mixture
What causing water in toilet bowl to move all the time and then smell sewer gas?
If you are on a septic system, it is plugged.
What would cause a sulfur smell in the hot water when the cold water does not smell?
It is probably sewer gas or something coming up from the drain.
