Greg Book
08-02-2016, 11:41 PM
I have a rather strange question, but I wanted to see if anyone else has encountered it. Years ago in our old house, I used polyurethane on a project in the basement. That evening we noticed a really bad burning smell coming from the natural gas boiler, and the smell permeated the whole house. It was the dead of winter and we had two small children, so we called in an HVAC company. They found absolutely nothing wrong. Everything was in working order and their combustion analyzer showed no problems. The smell eventually went away, but I didn't connect the two events until a week later when I did some more polyurethane and burning smell came back. So I found a pattern: whenever I used poly in the basement, the vapors found their way to boiler and caused a bad burning smell.
In our new house we recently switched from oil to natural gas, and I had completely forgotten about the problem at the old house. A few days ago I used polyurethane on a large project in the basement. The workshop is no where near the boiler, so I haven't noticed a smell there. But... the gas stove is right above the shop. Whenever we cook, the smell comes back in the kitchen. Obviously the poly vapors are working their way up from the basement and burning and producing that awful smell.
I don't smell any poly when I'm cooking, but I know the vapors must be there because of the smell coming from the stove. Has anyone ever encountered this before?
In our new house we recently switched from oil to natural gas, and I had completely forgotten about the problem at the old house. A few days ago I used polyurethane on a large project in the basement. The workshop is no where near the boiler, so I haven't noticed a smell there. But... the gas stove is right above the shop. Whenever we cook, the smell comes back in the kitchen. Obviously the poly vapors are working their way up from the basement and burning and producing that awful smell.
I don't smell any poly when I'm cooking, but I know the vapors must be there because of the smell coming from the stove. Has anyone ever encountered this before?