We have just recently noticed an occasional smell of something bad like sewage inside the house, which is disturbing. House was completly rennovated last year.
It started just after we had an blocked sewage pipe out the back of the house which we cleared using sewer rods. The sewerage pipe goes from the back of the house under the hallway and out to the front where it meets the main pipe servicing our row of houses, only a few feet from our front door. Another sewer pipe from upstairs meets this main pipe somewhere under the hallway, as far as we remember.
The house was built in the late 1800's, so under the floorboards is about 2 feet of air and then soil, no foundations. Any investigation will probably involve pulling up floorboards etc.
I am reluctant to call our original plumber as we have had a number of problems with the plumbing since he finished. Who would be the best person to call: another plumber, someone who specialises in drainage, a builder?
Any advice would be appreciated.
It started just after we had an blocked sewage pipe out the back of the house which we cleared using sewer rods. The sewerage pipe goes from the back of the house under the hallway and out to the front where it meets the main pipe servicing our row of houses, only a few feet from our front door. Another sewer pipe from upstairs meets this main pipe somewhere under the hallway, as far as we remember.
The house was built in the late 1800's, so under the floorboards is about 2 feet of air and then soil, no foundations. Any investigation will probably involve pulling up floorboards etc.
I am reluctant to call our original plumber as we have had a number of problems with the plumbing since he finished. Who would be the best person to call: another plumber, someone who specialises in drainage, a builder?
Any advice would be appreciated.