There’s a terrible smell whenever our heating kicks on
There’s a terrible smell whenever our heating kicks on
For the past couple of days, we have been having a terrible smell in our house whenever the heating system kicks on.
I wondered if there was a skunk or another kind of animal stuck in the air ducts or something but it really didn’t smell like that.
I asked around and I finally found that it was probably something like a broken trap in a sewer pipe! Apparently, sometimes when they are building a house, a general contractor or HVAC contractor puts the vent pipe alongside the ductwork and then if something breaks then you are in a world of trouble with the gross smells! That’s apparently what has happened to us. At least, that’s what the HVAC technician that I chatted with online told me. I don’t know if he’s on the up and up, but it seemed like he knew what he was talking about. Of course, even if he didn’t know a thing about furnaces or air conditioning units, I would have no idea because I don’t know anything about them either! All I know is that whenever we turn the heating system or the cooling system on, then there’s a disgusting smell that permeates the house. I can’t deal with it anymore. I guess I’m going to have to call an HVAC contractor or a plumbing contractor. Or maybe I need to just be on the safe side and just do both! I have to get rid of this smell and if it does have something to do with the pipes or the drains, I have to get it fixed right away.