Any Ideas?? Drains and mold. CGrimes or jeff May

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Just moved into new house and half the drains on one side of the house give me a

peircing head ache.   the shower drain is the worst and sometimes its a wierd

gas smell and sometimes it a mildew smell.  I've closeed off all the drains on

that side of the house and filled them with hydrogen peroxide.   Did I mention

its septic??? 

[Guest guest]

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I would expect that treatment with hydrogen peroxide (or any other standard

drain cleaner that you can tolerate) would do the trick.

If not, there may be another problem.

Headaches are sometimes caused by sewer gas. It's possible that proper traps are

not present (I have seen this) in which case, there is no water seal to stop the

sewer gases, so have a professional check to see that the drain piping is

correct.

If the drain piping was installed by an unskilled do-it-yourselfer, traps may

have to be correctly installed.

May

May Indoor Air Investigations LLC

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> Just moved into new house and half the drains on one side of the house give me

a peircing head ache.   the shower drain is the worst and sometimes its a wierd

gas smell and sometimes it a mildew smell.  I've closeed off all the drains on

that side of the house and filled them with hydrogen peroxide.   Did I mention

its septic??? 

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[Guest guest]

Sewer: with respect to sewer gas you are dealing with multiple contaminants:

Hydrogen sulfide and reduced sulfur compounds, molds, gram negative and positive

bacteria and the by-product of the microorganisms (molds and bacteria). You

most likely have a plugged sewer system, particularly if you are on a septic

tank. When was the last time the septic tank was cleaned out.? Do you have dry

J-tubes, do you have a clogged drain between the house and the tank or anywhere

in the system?

Jack-Dwayne: Thrasher, Ph.D.

Toxicologist/Immunotoxicologist/Fetaltoxicologist

www.drthrasher.org

toxicologist1@...

Off: 916-745-4703

Cell: 575-937-1150

L. Crawley, M.ED., LADC

Trauma Specialist

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775-309-3994 - Cell

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