On 10/24/2017 5:14 AM, Dlyons09 wrote:
The gas company came out and checked for a gas leak because me and my
husband
smelled gas. They said there was no gas leak and its normal to smell gas
when
the water heater kicks on. I'm still paranoid about it because I looked
it up
and every post I've seen said you should never smell gas coming from your
water heater.

When a burner turns on, I'd expect a tiny bit of gas would escape
unburned from the burner holes before all of them get ignited by the
wave of flame starting at the pilot light. They can't ignite before the
gas comes out obviously.