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The Daring Dufas[_8_] The Daring Dufas[_8_] is offline
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On 12/17/2013 9:17 PM, Snag wrote:
Bob F wrote:
David L. Martel wrote:
Kurt,

Just do what they tell you. If you smell sewer gas, run the
water in all of your sinks and tubs to refill the P traps. Takes
about 10 seconds per fixture.


Don't forget floor drains in the basement. They may or may not be
connected to the sewer.


Actually , if the drains are properly vented there's no way a vacuum
in the system can suck the p-traps dry .


I've seen a situation where high winds blowing across a roof will create
a vacuum in the vent stacks and suck all the P-traps dry. ^_^

TDD