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Bathtub Smell
do you have city sewers, or septic tank? we have septic tanks here, and yeah we get that nasty smell. alil bleach down the drain seems to help for alil ...
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- It sounds like the sewer is backing up..I'm not a plumber so I cant actually say but I know that when my drains backup i use the polident tabs for cleanin dentures and...
- DO NOT turn on the water. When you can let it sit for a few hours try dumping a box of baking soda down the drain and then about a cup of white vinegar. You'll hear ...
- do you have city sewers, or septic tank? we have septic tanks here, and yeah we get that nasty smell. alil bleach down the drain seems to help for alil while. GL
Cleaning Kitchen Floor with Water/bleach Mixture
Don't know about septic tanks, but I've used dish soap on the floor, ... I don't know anything about a septic tank but I do have a vinyl floor and use ...
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- well one cup of bleach to every 10gallons of water. How do you use bleach in your laundry? Or do you go to a laundry mat? Or do you use bleach? It all goes pretty much...
- Please don't use bleach water around your baby and especially if you are pregnant. I use Basic H2 for almost everything in my house and Basicg G if I need a germicide....
- Regardless of what kind of floor you have, please don't use bleach - in fact get the bleach out of your house. Your baby(s) are going to be crawling on it and bleach i...
Need to Know More About Septic Systems... Help?
Sep 15, 2009 ... A septic system consists of a septic tank that fills first -- the "solids" sink to the bottoms and the water drains off through perferated pipes into the ...
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- you have to have it pumped every 3 or so years and it costs around $300 - not a big deal. The issue is where they are placing it. If it is in your back yard then you...
- You will want to ask the age of the system, and when it was last pumped. A septic system consists of a septic tank that fills first -- the "solids" sink to the bo...
- we were told to have ours pumped EVERY year. the issue arises when you don't get it pumped, and then it overflows. ICK. we also use a product called Rid-X once a mo...
Bugs/scorpions Coming up Drains
If it is a mobile home, you probably have a septic tank. If this is the case, ... I would definitely see about getting the septic tank drained. ...
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- Not sure what to tell you other than spray the outside perimeter and inside your home. The critters are probably trying to get away from the new inhabitants..you..afte...
- try pouring some bleach/water down your drain. good luck T.
- I have the best exterminator ever! His name is Bo Johnston with Big D Pest Control. He takes great care of us, even when I was highly paranoid of pest control with a...
Private Septic Advice
Sep 25, 2009 ... A septic tank should be pumped out by a septic company at least every 3 years and the ... So basically, buried in your yard somewhere is a septic tank where ...
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- HEllo, I bought a house a year ago with a septic system and was also unfamiliar with it. What I have learned is when you have the house inspected make sure it passe...
- Private septic is just a tank that your waste flows into. Instead of public sewer which is a pipe that everyones flows into and goes to a treament plant. A septic tan...
- HI I'm a realtor in Maine and a septic tends to be more common here than public sewer. leach field is the rainage "field" for the liquid waste and 1250 gallon is the s...
Furnace Duct Cleaning
I know the previous owner never had it done just like they never had the septic tanks emptied for over 10 yrs...it was full, filled the truck. ...
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- I would love it if you could pass on the information when you get it. I too have a duct problem and my sinuses are feeling i, so are my eyes. Also, could you tell us ...
- Courtney's advice is good. A professional job of cleaning ducts will make a tremendous difference in air quality. I had chronic sinus infections for years until I did ...
- Check Kudzu.com. I've found great service providers on that site. And by the way, ducts should be cleaned every 3-4 years!
Whites Laundry and Well Water
... which causes discoloration in laundry, toilet tanks and bowls, showers, ... She never got a softening system, had the same builder and septic as all her ...
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- We live in Groton and have very hard water. You might need a whole-house filter to get out some sediments from your well before the water reaches the pipes and your f...
- Hi C., Almost 30 years ago we had to have a well drilled. There was iron in the water. We installed a water softner,which used salt (you buy at kmart, walmart, home d...
- We just moved and our neighbor warned us that we would have the same problem. I haven't noticed it yet, but she said they've been using Culligan ( a water company) fo...
Awful Smell
I've had a plumber check out the pipes in the trailer & even the holding tanks for the septic system. None of the other neighbors are having this problem. ...
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- Something similar happened to us and thank God we caught it in time. It was electricity burning. Every time we used a certain outlet this would happen. We finally n...
- I forwarded your email to my husband for his thoughts. He wrote: Would check to see if the plumbing is properly vented (I think you did that) The HVAC running ...
- sometimes shower drains allow sewer gas to swell up into your house when they are not used and dry out. a/c can grow mold while not being used.
Stinky Diaper Pails...
Landfills are not designed to deal well with human waste & this can cause real health hazards--put it in the sewage system/septic tank. ...
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- Everytime I change the bag in our diaper pail I spray it down & wipe with Clorox Clean Up... It's the bleach that will do the trick. It will literally wipe out any t...
- I put those glass square air freshners in my trash barrels and my diaper pail. I think they are made by glade. I just peel the back off and leave it freshner side up ...
- I just got rid of the diaper pail when my daughter turned 1. I tried baking soda, lysol, no luck! But by this time she hasn't been going through many diapers in a day,...
Potty Problems with My 4 Year Old Son
Sep 25, 2009 ... I gave him a very simple explanation of where the poop went after it was flushed (to the septic tank in our case) and he started going like ...
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- C., I don't have any advice for you, but I wanted you to know there are other moms out there who are dealing with this. I am one of them. My son was 5 about two week...
- If he is only having a bowel movement every other day, he could be slightly constipated, which could be painful for him and he doesn't want anyone to see that. Pers...
- C., I'm going to tell you straight out what I did to nip this in the bud with my son. My son was potty trained at 26 months. He pee & poo'd in the potty during th...
