What is that sulphur smell in my house?
Question:In the summer, esp on hot days, there is a distinct sulphur smell on the lower level of my house (near the center). What could this be?
Answers:
All the previous answers are correct. It could be a natural gas leak or a sewer/septic tank gas backup due to a dry drain trap.Either one requires immediate attention. sewer gas (methane) and Natural Gas are both highly explosive. A spark from turning on a light switch, toaster, plugging in or unplugging a kettle can all create a enough of a spark to ignite the gas and cause a major fire and /or explosion.
GET IT FIXED NOW!!
could be gas-you should have that checked immediately.
1. Gas leak 2. there could be an underground stream (bad, get it checked, this happened to a friend of mine, she smelled terrible b-c her house was moldy) 3. o_o rotting eggs? 4. undiscovered Sulfur mine?
do you have a septic system? If so it could be coming from this if it has backed up.
Gas leak!
Highly dangerous! Get it corrected in short order!
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