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Posted by cshenk on July 11, 2008, 12:24 pm
"SteveB" wrote
> cshenk wrote:
>> Perhaps SteveB has better advice? He seems to work in this field and
>> mentioned the corroded bolts like I did, but is probably a much better
>> plunmer than I am!
>
> My insurance agent insists that I point out that I'm not a plumber, just a
> handyman. Plumbers need licenses, which I don't got. :) I'm allowed to do
> minor repairs, like fix leaky toilets. I also clean out the occasional
> plugged up drain. If you want complicated stuff done, I can give you some
> names.
Grin, thats ok! I'm mostly a self defense sort of 'handyman'. I'll be
looking into an estimate for my brick BBQ before we try to tackle it
ourselves. It might not be that expensive.
A handyman with bricking experience would be suitable (this is not a major
job, just a repair job of some 10 bricks or so). We 'can' do it, but they
might be neater.
> Sewer gas odors vary *a lot*.
Yup. My experience with them is Navy shipboard driven. It's also the salt
water lines with lots of tiny dying and dead algae. Popped a leak once in
the AFFF lines and we lost a sailor. Apparently overcome by the gasses.
> Then there's the devil's mix from people flushing cleaning chemicals and
> stuff they aren't supposed to flush. They react with each other, producing
> only heaven (and a sanitation engineer) knows what. The gas that comes out
> of a faulty drain in your house could be from some other house miles
> uphill.
Hadnt thought of that one!
> I still think you should check the vent stack. Its purpose is to send all
> those nasty gasses up to your roof so they can blow away. If it's blocked,
> the gas comes out your drains. Run a garden hose down from the roof, or
> call a drain cleaner.
Yeah, that seems another one! Hadnt thought of that either.
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