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LYC - we think there's something dead in our basement drain here at work.

Posted by Andie - get well Amoxy! (aka Andie) Apr 24 '09, 09:10

and, i have a vent from the basement under my desk. it's currently covered with a phone book but still...

it's gag-inducing.

think if we poured some baking soda and vinegar down the drain it would help?

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for something dead? lye. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 09:10 12
- do i want to putting lye down a drain that eventually leads to the lake? -- nm - Andie - get well Amoxy! Apr 24, 09:12 11
  - and depending on the condition of the pipes, I'd be weary. Call a plumber to roto it out (faster anyway) -- nm - zork Apr 24, 09:20 7
    - it might not be an animal but a break in the pipe and *sewage* could be leaking -- nm - zork Apr 24, 09:26 6
      - we're pretty sure it's something dead. it's got that real dead-animal-in-the-wall smell - Andie - get well Amoxy! Apr 24, 09:28 4
        
        rotting poop might smell similar -- nm - zork Apr 24, 09:30 2
        
        if you've ever smelled a rotting carcass, you know it's not similar at all. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 09:31
        
        and if it is an animal, extraction gets rid of the bones that could block normal sewage -- nm - zork Apr 24, 09:31
        
        yeah, that's unmistakeable. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 09:30
      - that's a good point. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 09:28
  - does it go directly to the lake? I never thought much about it. people do use drano all the time. - loosilu Apr 24, 09:15
  - no, it would kill Lochness. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 24, 09:14
  - *be* putting... -- nm - Andie - get well Amoxy! Apr 24, 09:12

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