06/16/2026
Ever wonder why your bathroom smells like sewer… but you can't figure out where it's coming from? 😬
We're currently doing a kitchen remodel in a 1919 Sears Kit home in the New River Valley — and when we opened up the old kitchen ceiling, we found the answer to a mystery the homeowners didn't even know they had.
A previous plumber had installed the tub trap wrong upstairs. Not wrong enough to cause a flood, just wrong enough to let sewer gas sneak into the bathroom for who knows how long.
This is exactly why we do a thorough demo before we start building. You can't fix what you can't see — and in older homes especially, surprises like this are more common than you'd think.
The good news? Now we know. And now it gets done right. ✅
Follow us for more real job-site moments as we update the kitchen in this beautiful home!