I am smelling gas odor when using my ventless gas fireplace..is this normal?

Question

I have a ventless fireplace(also called a ventless gas log heater) in my livingroom. The way it is set up, there is a clamp that props open the flue about 1/2 inch. The first time we ran it we immediately got a strong gas odor that filled the whole house. The gas man came out when I reported the smell and he said the odor is normal a by-product of gas burning and I should run the fireplace with the flue closed. But the odor gives us a headache so we run it with the flue completely open ..odor is gone but we get no heat out of it at all. What is he talking about when he says the gas odor is normal..this just doesnt seem right even though he had the co2 wand out and did not detect anything... and running it with the flue closed that really doesnt seem right!!!

help


Concerned Daniel.

Answer 1

Gas leaks and/or vapors will kill you!! The headaches are your body telling you something is wrong. If it is a true gas leak anything that causes a minimal spark could ignite it and blow up your home and kill everyone in it. Turn the fireplace completely off so the pilot goes out. If it is the only thing in the house being fed off of a tank of some sort turn the tank off at the valve till it can be looked at by someone else. If you have natural gas at a meter you do not need to worry about the supply to the rest of the house assuming this is the first and only problem you have had prior to the install of the fireplace insert.
Contact a gas appliance repair person from another company immediately and get them to check it and set the flue damper correctly purge your lines and use a gas sniffer for any leaks in the lines, couplers and valves.
Don't mean to scare you but I have had to be involved in some gas explosion investigations in my state that people had lost their lives in.

Answer 2

On the off chance that his co2 rod isn't working, get a co2 detector of your own, its worth whatever it costs. Google 'ventless gas fireplace operation' and read about how to use it. Don't use it until you have the monitor and have done the reading. That heavy a gas smell isn't normal and neither is having headaches. Some gas appliances have an unpleasant odor when new, but it shouldn't be a straight gas smell. Be careful

Answer 3

when new ventless gas fireplaces do give off a smell for about 2 or 3 days, but to be safe i would have your shut off valves and pilot nozzle checked ,sometimes you can get a defective one new or not, also if your gas supply is running low you will get a gas smell.

Answer 4

If when you run it with the flute completely open the odor is gone
The gas man is precise with his explanation
This is one of the disadvantage running a gas type
And it is also a risky system if it is not checked periodically
Excessive gas odor are not to be taken lightly

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Answer 7

if it is new it probally is normal when you close the flute it keeps the heat in when you leave it open the heat escapes one of the disadavatages of using gas is the smell in time you will get used to it

Answer 8

umm sure, is your place insured??? make sure when she blows that your policy will pay you fully some add deductions check it out.

Answer 9

you need someine to go and fix it