There are some odors that most people know aren’t normal when your furnace is concerned. One of them is the smell of natural gas. If you smell natural gas in your home, you know that there is a problem that needs to be dealt with right away. Natural gas leaking into your home is an emergency situation that needs to be fixed the right way to ensure the safety of everyone in the home. Ambient Heating & Air Conditioning is here to talk about some of the causes of a natural gas smell in your home, and what you can do about it.

Why Does it Smell like Natural Gas in My House?

Anytime you smell that rotten egg, sulfur smell that is associated with natural gas in your home, there are a few things that could be causing it.
– Cracked Heat Exchanger: One of the most common reasons that people smell natural gas in their home is a crack in the heat exchanger. This is a big problem that is often extremely expensive to fix. In your furnace, the natural gas is ignited and then burned to generate heat for your home. This process produces a great deal of combustion gases that should be vented out of your home into the great outdoors. With a cracked heat exchanger, they will be leaking into your home.
– Leaking Gas Pipeline: The pipeline that feeds natural gas to your furnace could also be the problem. As that pipeline gets old or if it wasn’t installed correctly, it can develop a leak that puts your home in danger as natural gas enters the indoor air in your home.
– Delayed Burner Ignition: As your furnace turns on, there is an ignition system that lights the gas on fire to generate heat. If there is a delayed response with the burner ignition, it can allow some of that natural gas to leak into your home before it catches on fire. This is extremely dangerous.

What to Do if I Smell Natural Gas in My House?

It is important to act quickly if you smell natural gas in your home. A natural gas leak is an emergency and should be treated like one.
1. The first thing you should do is turn off your heating system.
2. After that is done, you will need to evacuate your home until the problem is fixed.
3. Call emergency professionals to come and inspect as well as solve the problem. They will be able to tell you when it is safe to go back into the house.
4. Call an HVAC professional to fix your furnace.

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If you have a furnace problem that is allowing natural gas to leak into your home, you can turn to Ambient Heating & Air Conditioning to get to the bottom of the problem and provide a solution. Call us today!