There should be a vent and that vent may be plugged up or maybe the plumber
bypassed it inadvertently when he did the new hookup


Good Luck, tHAT

"Dave Harnish" wrote in message
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Ray,

I wonder if the new plumbing line includes a trap?

God bless,

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John 3:3

wrote in message
om...
We finished our basement and had extensive plumbing done in the
process, not only inside, but also outside. After our most recent
work (we had a pipe installed to evacuate our washing machine water
that was between the sheet rock and the wall -- it froze this winter.
The plumber re-installed the line on the warm side of the sheet
rock.), we notice that when we do a load of laundry, we got the odor
of sewer gas or methane eminating from our laundry tub. Any ideas
what could be causing this? -- it's very frustrating. Thanks.