Problem Outside our home occassional septic odor (methane gas type). Odor is noticed in front of house, septic system is in back. Odor is not in area of septic system. Before we bought the house a metal roof was put on and the plumbing roof vent covered, and does not vent outside. There is no odor in house. Septic system is 2 years old and pumped out one year ago. Help my neighbours are not happy.

In my backyard there is a PVC screw cap connected to a vertical 4" PVC pipe set in the ground that I thought was a clean out access for my sewer line. We had some rain and I noticed that the PCV pipe was loose. Well the thing isn't even connected to the sewer line at all. It was just resting on top of a 2X3" punched out hole in the top of the sewer line. Now some dirt and rocks have gotten in the line and the toilet's backing up. I'm having a plumber come out to snake the line, but I need some help on what to do with this "homemade" access point. Is there any kind of slip sleeve or repair clamp you can put on instead of replacing the whole section of pipe? It appears to be iron pipe. Could I just do this my self? Thanks.