By the way, regarding the sewer gas, make sure
the basement drain has water in its trap.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 08:29:50 -0600, Tom Rodman
] wrote:

I'm a landlord now dealing with problems in a basement floor drain
(Palmer valve) - sewer gas smelling up basement - smell is musty, not
clear what it is but I could convince myself it's like cat/crap
cat/litter/.