I purchased a 34 year old country home in April 2012. Being a city slicker new to the country lifestyle, including well water and septic systems, I had much to learn in a panic on how to properly maintain my aging septic system. All of a sudden, my basement started to have very strong smell of septic gases and I got VERY worried about this issue and started doing some research because of my newborn daughter and 2 year old son. I called plumbers, septic service companies and no one could help me in determining why this smell was taking over my house.