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	<title>Comments on: We recently moved into our house about two months ago?</title>
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	<description>Help with Your Blocked Drainage</description>
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		<title>By: Keshawn 5</title>
		<link>http://www.drainages.co.uk/we-recently-moved-into-our-house-about-two-months-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-130</link>
		<dc:creator>Keshawn 5</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>of course its dangerous you are breathing toxic gas,check to see if they install p traps that are supposed to eliminate those odors,you might have a cracked drain pipe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>of course its dangerous you are breathing toxic gas,check to see if they install p traps that are supposed to eliminate those odors,you might have a cracked drain pipe.</p>
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		<title>By: Angie Wilkinson</title>
		<link>http://www.drainages.co.uk/we-recently-moved-into-our-house-about-two-months-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-129</link>
		<dc:creator>Angie Wilkinson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The smell is not necessarily dangerous, but it should not be there and it will not get any better with time.

Each of your sinks should have a trap installed underneath, a U shaped bend in the pipe (a trap) designed to hold some water and keep gases from coming out of the waste system.  The pipes in the walls must be properly vented to prevent this water from being sucked out of the trap each time you empty the sink.  It sounds like either your vent lines were not properly installed or have been blocked since.

There should be at least one 3-4 pipe sticking up through your roof.  You may want to check to see that it is not covered over.  Other than that, you need to get a plumber to check the situation.  If you had this house built or purchased it new, call your builder asap, as you should still be under warranty.  You may also want to call your local code enforcement agency, as they should not have approved if there were vent issues.  If you bought an older house, you are on your own but you should call a qualified plumber.

Until you can get a plumber there, you can reduce or eliminate the smell by running the water a bit after you drain the sink each time.  Let it drain completely, then run the water for 5 seconds or so.  This should be enough to fill the trap and stop the gas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The smell is not necessarily dangerous, but it should not be there and it will not get any better with time.</p>
<p>Each of your sinks should have a trap installed underneath, a U shaped bend in the pipe (a trap) designed to hold some water and keep gases from coming out of the waste system.  The pipes in the walls must be properly vented to prevent this water from being sucked out of the trap each time you empty the sink.  It sounds like either your vent lines were not properly installed or have been blocked since.</p>
<p>There should be at least one 3-4 pipe sticking up through your roof.  You may want to check to see that it is not covered over.  Other than that, you need to get a plumber to check the situation.  If you had this house built or purchased it new, call your builder asap, as you should still be under warranty.  You may also want to call your local code enforcement agency, as they should not have approved if there were vent issues.  If you bought an older house, you are on your own but you should call a qualified plumber.</p>
<p>Until you can get a plumber there, you can reduce or eliminate the smell by running the water a bit after you drain the sink each time.  Let it drain completely, then run the water for 5 seconds or so.  This should be enough to fill the trap and stop the gas.</p>
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		<title>By: Ashlee Page</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ashlee Page</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Probably not dangerous unless it really gets out of hand and you get enough of the methane to cause and explosion, this is very unlikely.  What you want to do is find out what is leaking.  If water is not present anywhere, it is probably the vent.  Find the leaks and repair.  One outside possibility is that you don&#039;t have traps, these are the s shaped pipes found under sinks.  These use a water seal to prevent sewer gas from backing up into the house.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Probably not dangerous unless it really gets out of hand and you get enough of the methane to cause and explosion, this is very unlikely.  What you want to do is find out what is leaking.  If water is not present anywhere, it is probably the vent.  Find the leaks and repair.  One outside possibility is that you don&#8217;t have traps, these are the s shaped pipes found under sinks.  These use a water seal to prevent sewer gas from backing up into the house.</p>
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