How to get rid of the smell from the fan pipe in the apartment?

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Hello. The plot is this - I bought an apartment in a new building on the 15th floor of a 17-storey residential building. The house was commissioned in 2014. When installing a sewer pipe system (installing a toilet bowl and a bathroom) from a fan pipe into a pipe wiring, and accordingly into an apartment, air is blown out (blowing like a hair dryer).

After contacting the Criminal Code and examining the fan pipe using a video camera, they provided a conclusion according to which the fan pipe is in good condition. According to the specialists of the Criminal Code: “the air from the fan pipe must be blown into the apartment”. However, as you understand, as a result of blowing air into the apartment from the fan pipe in the apartment there is an unpleasant smell.

On the recommendation of the Criminal Code, a check valve was installed on the pipe routing coming from the fan pipe, and a large volume hydraulic lock was replaced in the bath. However, the additional work carried out did not lead to the desired result. The apartment still has a smell. The Criminal Code declined responsibility, giving a conclusion on the serviceability of the fan pipe. According to the plumbers, the sewage system in the bathroom of the apartment is mounted correctly - the tightness of the pipes is not broken.

In view of the foregoing, I ask for help from people who have encountered this. Is it really true that the air from a fan pipe should be blown into the apartment on the upper floors of a multi-storey building? What could be the reason for the lack of exhaust from the apartment and blowing air from the fan pipe into the apartment?

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  1. Expert
    Alexey Dedyulin
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    Hello. With this conclusion of specialists, there should not be smells in the apartment. If they are, then not everything is examined, just because they will not appear. For example, the flushed contents of the toilet, passing through the sewer riser, creates a rarefaction zone. Air will tend to this area from all sides. In this case, air from the roof will immediately enter the fan pipe and the pressure will be balanced. Air should not be blown into the apartment.

    Your apartment is doubly insured against odors from the sewer, because there is also a check valve. When a vacuum appears, it instantly sucks in air, then closes and no smells should enter the apartment. Failure to fulfill his function indicates its incorrect operation.

    If the fan pipe is brought to the roof, is not clogged and is fully operational, then perhaps the reason is:

    1. The leaks of joints equipped with rubber gaskets.
    2. Check the corrugation for tightness with the drain pipe.
    3. There may be microcracks in the pipes.
    4. Failure to comply with the slope of the sewer pipes.

    Perhaps there are uninhabited apartments in the house where plumbing fixtures have not yet been installed, and there are no plugs on the riser branches. For this reason, air enters the system and rushes up. This craving also provokes the appearance of unpleasant odors. When there are no open bends, there will be no such effect.

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  2. Andrew

    Hello! The problem is similar - also a new building, but there is no plumbing yet, and the pipes are already installed. So, smelly air blows from the sewer, but as soon as you open the window, a draft appears immediately in the sewer.

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