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Perform Smoke Test

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Find The Bad Sewer Smell In Your House Fast! #diy #plumbing #plumbingadvice #milwaukee

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What happens here

Insert the end of the blower hose into the opening of the unsealed roof vent. With the blower running, hold the lit smoke emitter close to the shop vac's air intake port. The vacuum will suck the smoke into its canister and blow it through the hose, pressurizing the entire plumbing vent system with visible smoke. A helper inside the house should carefully inspect all rooms, especially near plumbing fixtures and ceilings, for any sign of smoke escaping.

Goal: Find the sewer gas leak

Tools and materials

  • Shop Vacuum Milwaukee — Blowing smoke into the vent system
  • Smoke Emitter MeterMall — Providing a visible tracer for the leak detection test

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And now I can hold that. It's not gonna burn me, and when I'm done with it, I can actually just throw it off the house. Here we go. Frank, this all is going good. Snakes and sparklers. She says it is coming out of the light fixture in the bathroom. Oh yeah, this bed pipe is completely disconnected.

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