When weeping tiles are connected to the municipal system through sanitary sewer laterals or storm sewer laterals, sewage can be forced back into the weeping tiles, resulting in possible structural damage to the home.

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see, if it was installed properly, there should be a valve, right.

ugh.

what if what i'm smelling is the sewers on the brink of backing up? i thought it was a cleanout. it's just a hole in the floor. is there even a p-trap in there at all? when i dumped all that water down the drain, was i just thinning out the sewage?

it's starting to look like i want to get out of here, and ought to be looking for ways to maximize the payout on my way out.