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Smell of Methane gas from septic tank

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A one inch vent pipe should be fitted. The concrete slab top should have a one inch hole for the pipe.

 

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  • chickenslegs
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    Methane does not smell. The smell is probably sewer gas (hydrogen sulfide) which is very dangerous in confined spaces, but harmless if the septic tank is properly ventilated. Good advice in

  • ratcatcher
    ratcatcher

    Normally in the countryside they lower large concrete rings into the ground about 2 or more metres deep and then place a lid on the top. There is an access point, usually an 8" diameter brass or plast

  • If it's from the last tank in the septic system and stinks, time to call the honey truck and restart the bacteria in the primary tank. Thais use caustic whenever the drains get clogged and kill all th

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On 8/10/2020 at 9:30 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Do they have septic tanks in cities in LOS? More likely it's just the toilets stinking. I've unfortunately had to use a lot of evil smelling Thai toilets.

That's a problem with the traps. For some reason the curve in the elbow traps in thai toilets can be very shallow so it's easy for there to be insufficient water to stifle the smell of gas.

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