Attic Smells Like Gas

My wife and i were in the attic reorganizing some things and the furnace was off.

Attic smells like gas.

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. 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. After a few seconds i could not smell it anymore and thought that maybe i was just being paranoid. 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.

If you re lucky the carcass will simply need to be removed from an open space like the attic or garage. The first step is to try and locate where in your home the animal has died. 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. Use your nose to determine which area of the house smells the strongest.

Sewer gases mold and dead animals will never give off a fish odor. Rodents raccoons and squirrels are all prone to getting trapped in neglected parts of a home like the attic or walls. That means they waste valuable time and lots of money trying to fix a problem they don t have. Arguably one of the most common types of attic odors is mold.

Dirty dog smell in house. Furnace smells like gas hello i have a gas furnace in my house for home heating. Our natural gas heater is in our attic. On occasion i got a whiff of gas.

In this case the odor may smell dry not wet or damp like other descriptions. If you allow moisture to accumulate in your attic even in the form of excess humidity you re almost certain to experience mold. It smells like fido. 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.

The furnace has been working fine mostly just coming on at night as it is. 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. Microbial volatile organic compounds mvoc are stinky gasses produced by attic mold.

We ll save you some time. It is in the attic.