There are two ways that the traps in your basement’s floor drain could cause a foul smell in your basement. First, they could still contain sewage or solid waste that was missed during clean-up. Second, with a shop vacuum, all of the water in the floor trap could have been sucked ou...
Prior to considering a floor covering, it may be necessary to have aninteriorsubterranean perimeter drain installed. This should be done only if there is a high water table. When the water table is not high, a subterraneanexteriordrainage system, known as a “French drain,” is a better opt...
A backup from the floor drain or an overflowing plumbing fixture is always a sign that thesanitary lateralis partially or fully blocked. The blockage may be a physical blockage such as roots, grease, tangled items such as wet wipes, or the worst case, a pipe collapse. The “blockage” may...
The floor of the crawlspace is dirt. There is a plastic sheet on the dirt but it does not go up the side of the walls. It has always had and odor-even after installing the plastic. The odor is a moldy smell. I thought the odor would be solved when I had a French drain put in...
The walls were secured (along with the non-pressurized plate) in front of the space for the french drain (floating floor). What is your recommendation? There is a lot of drywall, so I would rather not have to redo, if possible. Thanks for your anticipated response. Reply Todd says: ...
More recently, we spent increasing amounts of time just loitering on the Cornish Inn’s long porches: very agreeable on a warm sunny afternoon as the festival winds down, the tourists drain away, the vendors pack up their booths and food trucks, and the old motorheads putter off in the ...
There are two ways that the traps in your basement’s floor drain could cause a foul smell in your basement. First, they could still contain sewage or solid waste that was missed during clean-up. Second, with a shop vacuum, all of the water in the floor trap could have been sucked ou...