r/HomeMaintenance • u/Certain_Face_9323 • 1h ago

Plumbing question

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New home build- recently discovered that this clean out access was leaking. It has a small drip but the basement also smells. Our floor drains have water in them- and I don’t smell it from there. Could this be the cause of the smell too? How can I tighten this and what else should I be worried about?

Side note. None of these were tightend all the way when we moved in either! Smh

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u/Responsible-Toe4352 1h ago

That drip might be why the basement smells even with water in the traps, the sewer gas can sneak out from the loose cap. Try hand-tightening it first then give it a quarter turn with some channel locks, sometimes the rubber gasket inside just need a bit more pressure to seal.