Should i smell gas from my fireplace

It is important to keep your fireplace clean to ensure safety and fewer odors. When items such as candles and plants get warm, they could release an odor that you could be smelling when your fireplace is lit. If you smell rotten eggs, this means gas could be leaking from your fireplace. If you smell rotten eggs, leave your home immediately and call a professional. Natural gas is an easy and convenient form of energy; however, it can be dangerous to you, your family, and your pets.

Benefits of a Natural Gas Fireplace Natural gas is an affordable and energy efficient energy source that many homeowners in Pennsylvania are using to heat their home. There are several other benefits of using natural gas fireplaces in your home, these include: Easy to use — natural gas fireplaces are easy to use and require no hauling in wood from the outdoors.

Simply turn it out and enjoy a warm home! Affordable — gas fireplaces can actually save you money on your heating bill! Easy installation — installing a natural gas fireplace is easy—especially if you already have natural gas hooked up to your home!

Speak to a professional if smells do not go away on a vented gas fireplace for a while after installation. Gas fireplaces should be cleaned as part of an annual service undertaken by a professional. Ventless gas fireplaces may produce a faint gas smell during use, but any strong rotten egg gas smells associated with any form of gas fireplace should be considered as a gas leak and you should leave the house immediately and get professional advice.

Gas smells should not typically be experienced with vented forms of gas fireplace such as natural vent and direct vent gas fireplaces. If there is a constant strong smell of gas, leave your home immediately and speak to a professional who will be able to advise further. Natural gas has a rotten egg like smell and a strong smell of gas may be due to a gas fireplace leak.

See our recommended Carbon Monoxide alarm here. Are Gas Fireplaces Worth It? This is normal to experience the first time you light it up, after installation. This type of odor may occur any time of year with a newly installed unit. Like other devices made in a factory, gas fireplaces often have lubricants, paints, and other manufacturing processes that leave debris in the passageway, which will produce a stink sometimes described as burning plastic.

When starting your new system, try opening a window to allow fresh air to come into the home. Doing this is only necessary during the initial use. Soon that smell is gone after a few short hours of use.

If there is a gas smell from your fireplace, take it seriously. We can explain the odor that comes from the dust burn-off or initial startup. However, when it comes to smelling gas, you must take immediate action regardless of whether the fireplace is in use or not. Hope this is helpful. We would suggest that you immediately contact an authorized service techician for your gas fireplace. When it is windy outside, and blowing across the top of your chimney, it can be causing a pressure differential between the inside of your house and the outside of your house.

This could be causing the gas from your fireplace to be sucked into your home. This situation is similar to problems in some homes that show up when an exhaust fan in a bathroom or kitchen causes a negative pressure differential, which can also cause gas from a fireplace to be sucked into the house, rather than venting out the chimney. You should have your fireplace checked thoroughly for leaks, and whether it needs a fresh air make-up kit, etc.

We have a vented gas log fireplace. We had our home inspected prior to moving in this past Spring. There were no issues found at that time. I know the home was vacant for some time before we moved in and I don't believe the fireplace has been used for a couple of years. Today I turned on the gas valve and tuned on the switch for the fireplace. Is this normal, will it go away? Or should we have this checked again. I'm not familiar with gas fireplaces but I don't see any other controls on the fireplace so I don't know if there is anything to adjust or not.

And do NOT turn your gas fireplace back on until you can get it inspected by a trained professional. When a gas fireplace has been off for a while, it is not unusual that it might have a slight smell from dust than maybe burning off of the elements. We have a natural gas vented fireplace that we use almost daily. Twice in the last ten days there has been a strong odor, kind of like burning plastic, coming from it that sets off the carbon monoxide detector.

The flue is open and clean all the way to the top of the chimney which runs straight up from the top of the fireplace.

The first time i found half of a bird behind the logs and thought that may have been the problem. But this time nothing was in the fireplace that is not supposed to be there. The logs have also started to soot up, something that hasn't happened before either. Any ideas what might be the problem? Dear Anthoney: It sounds like something has definitely changed with your vented gas fireplace. I would suggest that you not take any chances, and contact your natural gas supplier about having a trained service technician come out to do a visual inspection of your fireplace, burner, pilot and flue.

In the meantime, I would strongly suggest not running your fireplace. Probably not the answer you were hoping for, but it is best to play it safe, especially a vented gas fireplace in your home. Hi, I have a propane gas insert. I think it is ventless. The box has no openings in it. My problem is, it gives off a odor.

I'm not sure how to explain the odor, propane? I'm not sure, but I don't like the smell. Dear billsfishing: We recommend not taking any chances with odors from a propane gas fireplace.

You should contact the manufacturer of your particular gas fireplace, and get a list of qualified service technicians in your area.