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I just got off the phone with the local licenced plumber and he says it will take the better part of the morning and $400 to git er done! Is this out of line?? If I rent the tools and buy the materials, I still think that I would be less than $400?? Help??

I have a problem with a PVC U trap that is in the concrete basement floor. We are on septic and when the trap dries out we get a sewer gas smell. I can pour water in the drain but it dries up within hours. I have a garden house on with a tricke from my well tank to keep it wet. What are my options? Is the PVC trap cracked and leaking into the ground beneath my house? Do I have to break up the concrete floor and replace the trap and patch the concrete. This will be an expensive fix. I know what I am doing now is simply a Band Aid fix. Help and thanks in advance