A contractor working for Smyrna to conduct smoke testing of its sanitary sewers, the town announced in a press release.
A “SMOKE TEST” survey will assist the town's inspection crews in locating breaks and defects in the sewer system.
The smoke you see coming from the vent stacks on houses or holes in the ground is NON-TOXIC, NON-STAINING, HAS NO ODOR, WHITE TO GRAY IN COLOR AND CREATES NO FIRE HAZARD.
The smoke should not enter your home unless you have defective plumbing or dried up drain traps.
Please add water to your sinks & floor drains.
It is advisable for the homeowner to pour a gallon of water into each floor drain prior to our testing. If smoke enters your home there is a good reason to assume that dangerous sewer gases may also be entering your home or business too.
You should evacuate immediately and notify our work crews. If you are not home and discover smoke when you return, please call (615) 439-0877.
IMPORTANT If there is any individual in your home or business who has respiratory problems and is immobile, please notify us at (615) 355-5711 prior to testing.
