sewer gas

Vents provide a means to release sewer gases outside instead of inside the house.

Any sign of smoke escaping can be considered a possible site for sewer gas to escape.

"The exterior vent for the sewer gas was 30 feet from the air intake," he said.

The bend is used to prevent sewer gases from entering buildings.

He added that another possible source of the problem - if the smell is sewer gas - could be the shower drain.

For over a month my shower water has smelled like sulfur (reminiscent of sewer gas).

The liquid was brown and bubbling and smelled like sewer gas.

Far more stingingly, it deals with the sewer gas.

Sewer gases are of concern due to their odor, health effects, and potential for creating fire or explosions.

All drains should be ventilated to avoid the build-up of sewer gas.

All fixtures must contain traps to prevent sewer gases from leaking into the house.

An empty trap can allow noxious sewer gasses to enter a building.

In addition, plumbing vents allow sewer gases to be exhausted outdoors.

In most homes, sewer gas may have a slightly unpleasant odor, but does not often pose a significant health hazard.

Now look at sewer gas, for instance.

Sewer gas can be used as a power-source, thus reducing the consumption of fossil fuels.

It takes only one good lungful of sewer gas, milady, to kill you."

Pungent aromas from neighborhood stables and sewer gas filled the rooms.

Q. I have a problem with noxious sewer gas coming up through the sink drain in an upstairs bathroom.

Bewilderingly strange ideas were rising like sewer gases in my mind and making weird bubbles.

A sewer gas expert - the principal figures they have a busted sewer main.

"Smells like sewer gas and cadavers all mixed up.

Sewer gas always leaked out of it."

Caution: To prevent sewer gas from backing up the drain, you should plug the opening while you work.

Sewer gas is vented through a vent pipe attached to the sewer line.