To confirm a main sewer line clog, try the following:
A persistent smell of rotten eggs or "swamp gas" around your drains or in the yard is a sign that waste has nowhere to go but up. 2. The Usual Suspects: What Causes the Backup?
That’s when the basement screamed.
They all met at the basement door. Sam went first. The smell hit him before the sight did—a thick, primordial stench of decay, of wet earth and old food and something vaguely chemical. He flipped the light switch.
