Natural gas smell when heat kicks on
It comes and goes. I only smell it when the heat first comes on, it lasts for a few moments and then disappears. I don't smell anything near the furnace, but instead in the upstairs living room. I've checked that all the vents are open, and the burners are all working inside the furnace. Air filter is clean and replaced.
What am I missing? Should I just bite the bullet and call an HVAC tech? |
don't power companies do gas inspections for free? I know mine does. I had to do it when the regulator/meter outside was damaged from my neighbors as they were demo'ing a house. They came fixed it and checked everything until it was safe all for no cost.
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Call the gas company tell them you smell gas they will send a tech over asap
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there is an exhaust vent that goes to the roof. you might get up there and check for blockage. more than likely, the problem is within that vent run.
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Check the ignitor. Turn off the heat and go down and watch it start. Does it take several tries? If so, sometimes you can just clean it with a dollar bill and it will work. There are videos on you tube. I just had this problem.
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Igniter is fine. Just watched it. And this time, no smell of gas. Ugh. I'll check the exhaust vent.
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If you have ANY doubt, call the gas company and tell them you smell gas. They will be out quickly at no charge with a sniffer. I own one that I use for various gas applications at refineries, but that's not going to do you any good being hundreds of miles away. Like I said if you have even the slightest thought there may be a leak, call the gas company. |
If you are smelling it through the heat and A/C vents you probably have a cracked heat exchanger.
You should have a carbon monoxide tester in your home if you heat with gas. |
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GTFO and call the gas company.
The last thing I'd do is stick my head down by furnace and turn it on and off. Unless you don't mind getting blown up. I never mess with gas. |
Invite over all your Raider pals. Give them a pack of Marlboro Reds and a lighter. RUN.
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Call someone, don't try to fix something that important on your own. Your life and that of your family are pretty important and not something to **** around with.
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just a guess, but maybe the heat exchanger
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We don't need heat in Houston.
It's 80 ****ing degrees down here. |
You could DIY it, or you could call a professional to deal with the atomized explosive potentially invading your living space.
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If there's a leak in the house (which it sounds like there is) the gas company will red-tag the furnace. They'll turn it off and ask you to call an HVAC company to get the problem fixed. Skip the gas company and call a pro.
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Pet peeve: you aren't smelling natural gas. NG is odorless. What you are smelling is the odorant that the gas companies put into NG for this very reason.
Call your gas company immediately. |
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Bwana For President!!!!!!!!!!! oh yea ... and what he said |
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Gas dude is here now. Just a weird interaction between the water heater venting and the furnace being on that overloads the exhaust vent because of the way the vent tees together, which is why it's intermittent. Only happens when the water heater and the furnace are going at the same time.
He told me how to fix it and is just finishing up. No crazy death traps in the house. Sorry to disappoint! |
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Spray all your gas line fittings with a soap/water mix, if there is a gas leak you'll see bubbles. Most likely not or you'd smell gas all the time. Probably a cracked heat exchanger or a compromised vent.
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ya call your gas company. They should check it out for free.
I had to call mine, I came home from a loonng night of work to the sound of my carbon monoxide detector going off. But it was a constant alarm sound, still called the gas company and it turned out it was the batteries lol. Your mind can do crazy things because I honestly thought I was getting dizzy, like a psychological thing. |
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...That is, if it's the same stuff that's used in LP. |
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glad youre still alive. as stated with these other knuckleheads. never mess with natural gas.:thumb: |
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How in the **** are you going to clean your furnace with a $1 |
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I'm glad that someone finally made a thread about this! Flatulence during lovemaking can be a huge mood-killer. My recommendation: eat less Mexican food.
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When I turn on the heat for the first time in the fall/winter, there is kind of a "gas" smell for a while, then it goes away. Figured that was normal and probably not actually gas I was smelling. So, is that normal--what's up with that?
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Very bad Pedro!
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Just be glad you don't have to work with the real, unadulterated beta-mercaptoethanol on a daily basis. I use it in a fumigated hood and that shit still smells like somebody shit rotten eggs all over the lab.
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Could be, I was always taught to not touch the. But then coming across that the other day. I'll snap a picture of it.
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Light a candle.
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May be true may be not, I don't know. I still don't touch them but that's just because there really isn't a need to.
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