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We are in contract on a place in Park Slope that has a roof deck (top unit of a 3-unit brick building). The inspector noticed a plastic pipe rising up through the roof deck a couple of feet. He said this was the sewer vent and the top of the pipe should be at least 3 feet above the deck level.

Since that inspection the seller has cut the vent down to the level of the deck. Anyone have any advice on this — will the smell be irritable/intolerable to people on the deck? Should we push the seller to change this?

If there isn’t going to be an issue with the smell we’d rather keep it low b/c it’s pretty ugly.