Attic Smells Like Gas

I know natural gas is odorless but they add an odorant to the gas so you can smell it.

Attic smells like gas.

We ll save you some time. Sewer gases mold and dead animals will never give off a fish odor. Our natural gas heater is in our attic. If you re lucky the carcass will simply need to be removed from an open space like the attic or garage.

In this case the odor may smell dry not wet or damp like other descriptions. The furnace has been working fine mostly just coming on at night as it is. Arguably one of the most common types of attic odors is mold. My wife and i were in the attic reorganizing some things and the furnace was off.

The scary part is that most homeowners misdiagnose that smell as either a sewer gas mold or a dead animal in the walls attic or basement. Microbial volatile organic compounds mvoc are stinky gasses produced by attic mold. A few days ago when i went up to the attic to take some stuff up to storage i noticed a faint natural gas odor at the top of my attic steps which are very close to the furnace. Dirty dog smell in house.

That means they waste valuable time and lots of money trying to fix a problem they don t have. Furnace smells like gas hello i have a gas furnace in my house for home heating. Locate the source of the smell. But i did want to add a few things for the people that are smelling or noticing a smell coming from the attic or noises from the attic typically mice go low rats usually go low to feel kind of go.

The first step is to try and locate where in your home the animal has died. If you notice a raunchy wild smell like a dog in need of a bath but you don t have a dog you could have rodents raccoons or squirrels in your attic. On occasion i got a whiff of gas. After a few seconds i could not smell it anymore and thought that maybe i was just being paranoid.

If your storage room or attic smells like this perhaps it has been infested with mold particularly if you store cardboard box unused book or paper items. The question of why your furnace smells like gas is only applicable if you have one of these types of furnaces so if your electrical heater starts to smell like gas it. Rodents raccoons and squirrels are all prone to getting trapped in neglected parts of a home like the attic or walls. Finally if you notice a wild animal like smell like a dog in need of a bath you could have an animal or insect problem.

If you allow moisture to accumulate in your attic even in the form of excess humidity you re almost certain to experience mold. Natural gas and propane furnaces can both smell like gas if you do not have a natural gas furnace or a propane furnace then read no further this article is not for you.