LouB wrote:
Goldlexus wrote:
We've been smelling a very faint gas order outside. It comes and goes
so it is hard to locate. We don't smell it inside the house at all. We
do have a gas furnace, water heater, dryer and fireplace. None of
which is on when we smell the gas. Since it isn't a consistent oder I
am not sure if the gas company will be able to locate where it is
coming from. Is it possible to be smelling the unignited gas from a
neighbors furnace? We seem to notice this oder the most during this
time of year. It does make me nervous cause I am not sure if it is
dangerous or how to find out what it is. Should we be concerned?

Plenty of other good posts. As said already: Do call the gas company.
I have an interesting story.
Same deal - faint odor.
Called gas company. Quick response. Had a sniffer.
No luck finding a leak in the house or at the meter area.
Tech sees a pipe going into the ground. "What's that for?"
"Goes to the gas grill over there"
Tech takes a cigarette lighter and ignites the the leak at ground level
where the pipe had rusted out!!
We capped the pipe.

Lou

ummm... that's kind of scary. what if the gas pressure had dropped off
while he was doing his thing with the lighter?

nate

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