i installed a 45k btu modine hot dawg on my ceiling. i used a duravent b vent kit to run the exhaust out the rear wall; it slopes down at 1/4" per foot. the propane installer used soft copper line from the 150 gallon tank to the furnace with no drip leg - when i asked him about this he said a drip leg is not required for this short of run (28'). i have no reason to doubt him as he was very knowledgeable and licensed but i have never seen one hooked up like this.
it heats the garage up very well and very quickly. it has been running for 6 days.
my issue is that i can smell it. i'm not exactly sure what i smell, i know its not raw propane. i am quite familiar with the smell of propane as i worked around it a lot at a previous job.
when the installer bled the line the garage smelled of propane. i aired out the garage with all the doors open.
when i walk in the garage i smell something like burned propane. i dont notice it while i am in there, only when i walk in. its not powerfully strong.
i have had three different people walk into the garage and i asked them if they smelled anything and they said "NO". one person said it smelled like a typical furnace had been running but it was a perfectly normal smell.
when i am at work and walk into the furnace room i smell a similar type of smell but this is a nat gas furnace so the smell is different, but a similar type of smell.
is this normal? i think i may be over sensitive to this and its nothing. i have carefully checked for b vent leaks and its all set up tight. i sealed up the draft hood connector myself and its done well. 3 people tell me its a normal smell that every furnace makes.
i used to drive a propane forklift and the smell made me nauseous and gave me headaches. i repeatedly asked the service people to come look at the forklift and they would come out and give it a detailed check and say its fine (and i believe them. they really did go over it well and didnt half *** it at all)
i think i am sensitive to propane and other things. i had what i thought was a strong gas smell in my truck that no one could smell. i went over the entire fuel system many times and finally located a problem with the sending unit gasket - i replaced it and no more smell but no one notices a difference.
am i being paranoid? is this all normal? should i get a CO detector or some such?
even the propane guy came out and said its fine, he couldnt smell a thing.
it heats the garage up very well and very quickly. it has been running for 6 days.
my issue is that i can smell it. i'm not exactly sure what i smell, i know its not raw propane. i am quite familiar with the smell of propane as i worked around it a lot at a previous job.
when the installer bled the line the garage smelled of propane. i aired out the garage with all the doors open.
when i walk in the garage i smell something like burned propane. i dont notice it while i am in there, only when i walk in. its not powerfully strong.
i have had three different people walk into the garage and i asked them if they smelled anything and they said "NO". one person said it smelled like a typical furnace had been running but it was a perfectly normal smell.
when i am at work and walk into the furnace room i smell a similar type of smell but this is a nat gas furnace so the smell is different, but a similar type of smell.
is this normal? i think i may be over sensitive to this and its nothing. i have carefully checked for b vent leaks and its all set up tight. i sealed up the draft hood connector myself and its done well. 3 people tell me its a normal smell that every furnace makes.
i used to drive a propane forklift and the smell made me nauseous and gave me headaches. i repeatedly asked the service people to come look at the forklift and they would come out and give it a detailed check and say its fine (and i believe them. they really did go over it well and didnt half *** it at all)
i think i am sensitive to propane and other things. i had what i thought was a strong gas smell in my truck that no one could smell. i went over the entire fuel system many times and finally located a problem with the sending unit gasket - i replaced it and no more smell but no one notices a difference.
am i being paranoid? is this all normal? should i get a CO detector or some such?
even the propane guy came out and said its fine, he couldnt smell a thing.
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