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Live on the 2nd floor of a 100 year old farmhouse with a roof pitch of about 15 degrees. The ridge is only 6 feet above the 2nd floor ceiling. There are 2 apartments on the 2nd floor; stairs are outside with a small parlor and 2 doors. The ceiling of the parlor is soffit, with slots cut into it, used primarily for exterior overhangs. When I moved in a year ago the apartment smelled like rotten eggs/sewage, but I thought it was from being unused. I cleaned the hell out of it to no avail. Put up with that crap for a year. Sewer gas. I think that's why I've had so many health problems since. Can't sleep, constant cough and watery eyes, wanting to puke. Plus my cancer outbreaks this past year surpassed the previous 8 years. Lethargy, you name it, then I did some research. Looked at the roof, no vent pipes. Four toilets in the building and no soil vent pipes; code failure. Actually the soil vents went to the crawl space to be vented out the soffit in front of my front door. The research of my health issues made lack of oxidized cells the issue and in October I had bought an ozone generator, but it was insufficient. Now I know the landlord has been poisening me for a year. In addition, 3 of my ceilings have visible mold. I complained the 1st of January 2016 but nothing has been done in 12 months. My lease expired on Dec 31st. I sent the landlord a 90 day notice to exit but he sent me a registered letter denying my deposit because, according to the lease, the notice should have come at the beginning of October. Either I lease another year or forfeit the deposit. Anybody know about sewage gas poisoning?
