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04-06-2006, 03:55 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
1978 29' Ambassador
bethesda
, Maryland
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Bad Smell
I have noticed a very bad odor coming from under my sink area...there is a vent under sink that ends at about the level of the kitchen window...it seems to be a part of kitchen plumbing...could this be odor from grey tank? I have not tried to treat grey tank yet...I do not smell anything bad when I step on toilet flush so am not sure if my problem is with black tank...please help!!!!
Thanks...
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04-06-2006, 04:24 PM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 86
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hot water tank?
It's not coming from your hot water is it? We have the occasional sulphur smell that comes from our hot water tank. I don't know how to fix that permanently.
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04-06-2006, 05:10 PM
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Rivet Master 
1977 27' Overlander
1954 25' Cruiser
1990 34.5' Airstream 345
VC Highlands
, Nevada
Join Date: Mar 2005
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There should be a vent with a vacuum breaker installed thatmay be leaking a little. But also if your furnace is under the kitchen counter ( I am not sure on that model) it may be a gas leak...
Vacuum breaker is a white or tan thing that sticks out of the pipe a few inches with slots in it. I don't have a picture but I do know I have a bad one.
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04-06-2006, 07:52 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1978 29' Ambassador
bethesda
, Maryland
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Not hot water heater....could be vacuum breaker...I know what you mean...has some slots in the end..Where can I pick up a new breaker?... furnace is under my counter...how do I check for gas leak? Thanks for replies...
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04-07-2006, 02:19 AM
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Rivet Master
2003 22' International CCD
Kiln
, Mississippi
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 2,779
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Originally Posted by popeyedoyle1
Not hot water heater....could be vacuum breaker...I know what you mean...has some slots in the end..Where can I pick up a new breaker?... furnace is under my counter...how do I check for gas leak? Thanks for replies...
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Home Depot or any plumbing supply store. Less than $10 for sizes to fit 2' pipe.
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04-07-2006, 03:01 AM
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Rivet Master 
1973 23' Safari
1977 23' Safari
2018 25' Flying Cloud
Palmer Lake
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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darn, darn, darn. Wish I had thought of a vacuum breaker when I was redoing the locations of some of the partitions! I kept the old vent pipes up through the shell. Heating and bending PVC to the shell curve is a pain! 
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04-07-2006, 03:13 AM
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Rivet Master
2003 22' International CCD
Kiln
, Mississippi
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 2,779
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Correction
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Originally Posted by clancy_boy
Home Depot or any plumbing supply store. Less than $10 for sizes to fit 2' pipe.
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Have to correct myself..... Before I get jumped
I ment to type 2" (as in inches). BTW I used 8 of these in the rebuilding of my beach cottage that had a slate roof and I did not want to go through the roof with standard open vent pipes. They work great, and atleast with Mississippi codes, can be terminated inside the wall cavity of a home so they shoud be fine under the counter of an AS.
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04-07-2006, 03:18 AM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Aug 2002
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i believe they are called nova vents.
john
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04-07-2006, 08:31 AM
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3 Rivet Member 
1992 34' Limited
Grand Island
, Nebraska
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 248
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Just a thought-- Have you made a thorough search in all the little nooks and crannies under the sink? Little critters sometimes die in places like that. Also, there could be a potato, onion, or other veggie that rolled out of sight and decomposed. Don't ask me how I know  !
Gene
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04-07-2006, 08:45 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1983 30' Airstream 300
Plantersville
, Texas
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 238
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Turn off you propane and check to see if the odor goes away. I have searched a number of times for a dead mouse only to realize that it was a small propane leak or a pilot out. Propane settles down so being trapped under the sink area is possible. When we moved into a house years ago I thought that I had a sewer gas odor . It turned out to be a propane wall valve leaking. It took us days to find it. We kept checking the plumbing.
Kay
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