On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:54:54 GMT, "Bill Rah" wrote:


"Tom The Great" wrote in message
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On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:48:43 GMT, "Bill Rah" wrote:

We have a standard in ground septic system. About 2 or 3 years after
installing a new toilet (over the concrete slab) it started to emit a
septic-type odor that lasts for weeks and then fades away only to come
back
again. We can't seem to trace it and the bowl is clean. Could septic odor
be
coming through a wax seal? Thanks in advance.


imho:

If you have a water seal in the bowl, it would only seem like break in
the piping/seal integrity. One thing, septic systems are usually
vented, and so is your sewer lines, so a SWAG is that you aren't
getting the full force of the septic system, but are smelling your own
pipes.

Yes, that's exactly what is smells like...as if I am smelling the inside of
the pipe.



Then if the toilet is functioning properly, then you might want to
have your installation/piping checked.

I did this, I yanked off my toliet and found the 2-3 rings installed
failed. The multible rings were because the previous installer didn't
rise up the closet ring to meet the new floor tile's level. Oh also,
to coverup the damaged closet ring. The work looks like it was a
DIY'er, he missed the sizing of the hole in a tile, and decided to
bang the ring over a 1/4". Boob.

So be prepared for quick check turn iinto a larger job.

later,

tom @ www.BlankHelp.com