Hello... I am wanting to seal my basement floor with epoxy sealent. My
concern is fumes and the pilot light from the heater. Should this be an
issue? I'm not sure how to turn the pilot light off if need be. Any
help would be much thanked.....

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Hello... I am wanting to seal my basement floor with epoxy sealent. My
concern is fumes and the pilot light from the heater. Should this be an
issue? I'm not sure how to turn the pilot light off if need be. Any
help would be much thanked.....

The paint can should clearly say if it contains flamable compounds. If
you're not 100% sure that it doesn't, then just turn off the pilot
light to the water heater and furnace. All you need do is turn the
control valve to off.

writes:

Hello... I am wanting to seal my basement floor with epoxy sealent. My
concern is fumes and the pilot light from the heater. Should this be an
issue? I'm not sure how to turn the pilot light off if need be. Any
help would be much thanked.....

Assuming you know how to relight can't hurt. If the warning label
talks about explosive or flamable fumes, I'd err on the side of
caution.


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Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Todd H. wrote:
writes:

Hello... I am wanting to seal my basement floor with epoxy sealent. My
concern is fumes and the pilot light from the heater. Should this be an
issue? I'm not sure how to turn the pilot light off if need be. Any
help would be much thanked.....

Assuming you know how to relight can't hurt. If the warning label
talks about explosive or flamable fumes, I'd err on the side of
caution.


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Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Thanks to both...It's Rust-oleum Epoxy-Shield...Water based and no
mention of flamables so I guess it should be ok..Thanks for your
responces.

wrote:

Hello... I am wanting to seal my basement floor with epoxy sealent. My
concern is fumes and the pilot light from the heater. Should this be an
issue? I'm not sure how to turn the pilot light off if need be. Any
help would be much thanked.....

I have done several garages with epoxy based floor coatings and the fumes will
get quite intense. Since the garages had gas water heaters, I made sure there
was enough positive ventalation to keep the fumes from building up to a
dangerous level. Easy to do in a garage, much harder in a basement. Yes, you
need to be concerned.

Clark W. Griswold, Jr. wrote:
wrote:

Hello... I am wanting to seal my basement floor with epoxy sealent. My
concern is fumes and the pilot light from the heater. Should this be an
issue? I'm not sure how to turn the pilot light off if need be. Any
help would be much thanked.....

I have done several garages with epoxy based floor coatings and the fumes will
get quite intense. Since the garages had gas water heaters, I made sure there
was enough positive ventalation to keep the fumes from building up to a
dangerous level. Easy to do in a garage, much harder in a basement. Yes, you
need to be concerned.


If I had gas water heaters in a garage and was using a flammable floor
coating product, I would not just rely on ventilation, I would make
sure the pilot lights were out, which is very easy to do. Ventilation
is good, but it's not perfect and not uniform. It's still possible for
the concentration to be a lot higher in one spot than another.

Thanks...Not quite sure how to turn off pilot light but think I could
figure it out..How about relighting it? Do you do this like a pilot
light on a stove?
wrote:
Clark W. Griswold, Jr. wrote:
wrote:

Hello... I am wanting to seal my basement floor with epoxy sealent. My
concern is fumes and the pilot light from the heater. Should this be an
issue? I'm not sure how to turn the pilot light off if need be. Any
help would be much thanked.....

I have done several garages with epoxy based floor coatings and the fumes will
get quite intense. Since the garages had gas water heaters, I made sure there
was enough positive ventalation to keep the fumes from building up to a
dangerous level. Easy to do in a garage, much harder in a basement. Yes, you
need to be concerned.


If I had gas water heaters in a garage and was using a flammable floor
coating product, I would not just rely on ventilation, I would make
sure the pilot lights were out, which is very easy to do. Ventilation
is good, but it's not perfect and not uniform. It's still possible for
the concentration to be a lot higher in one spot than another.

Vai wrote:
Thanks...Not quite sure how to turn off pilot light but think I could
figure it out..How about relighting it? Do you do this like a pilot
light on a stove?


You depress and turn the valve to pilot. Then while holding it down,
light the pilot. Hold it for about a minute, till the thermocouple
gets hot, then release. It should stay lit. Then move the valve to on.

Thanks very much!!
wrote:
Vai wrote:
Thanks...Not quite sure how to turn off pilot light but think I could
figure it out..How about relighting it? Do you do this like a pilot
light on a stove?


You depress and turn the valve to pilot. Then while holding it down,
light the pilot. Hold it for about a minute, till the thermocouple
gets hot, then release. It should stay lit. Then move the valve to on.