Gas Fireplace Insert Smells Like Burning Plastic

Other things that can cause more persistent gas fireplace odors include.

Gas fireplace insert smells like burning plastic.

Enjoy your outdoor space with a fireplace. Locating your heat glo model and serial number. Using natural gas or liquid propane the procom heating vent less fireplace insert radiates 32 000 btu of heat enough to heat 1 500 sq. Not a gas smell and not necessarily a burning smell.

Pet hair dander or dust. My fireplace smells weird when you start your gas fireplace for the first time after it s installed there will be an off gassing period as the residual factory paints finish curing. They were originally wood burning but have been converted to gas. I have an approx 75 yr old house with 2 fireplaces.

Common causes of gas fireplace log odors. New gas fireplace logs typically have a break in period during which they can smell strongly. They both have gas log arrangements and the fake ash material in the bottom. Every time we have a fire the fireplace emits a strange odor.

The most common rotten smelling additive is methyl mercaptan. Add the classic style fireplace with ease. After that there was no smell or stink for the remainder of the season. Dec 25th 2009 3 22 am 12.

Open the window for your first couple of fires and the gasses should dissipate fairly quickly. Resetting your intellifire plus ignition system. This again is harmless. The fireplace was professionally installed.

It produced a burning dust smell for 30 minutes at the start of the winter season. Syncing your smart stat batt fireplace remote. Convert wood fireplaces no mess no hassle. Resetting your rc100 200 300 remote control.

How to clean the glass on a gas fireplace. More of a chemical odor. The prior owner installed gas logs and apparently the fireplace wasn t used much if at all. Recently we had an independent professional gas fireplace installer service person with 20 years experience attempt to locate the stink.

The byproduct of burning mercaptan is sulfur dioxide which smells more like burnt matches mixed with rotten eggs. Rc 300 intellifire plus wireless remote. This will go away after the first three or four hours of use and is not cause for concern. Gas stove with traditional logs and authentic look.

This fireplace insert includes many features like an oxygen depletion sensor with automatic shut off battery assisted piezo ignition and much more. We tried out the gas logs last winter but they didn t warm the room and produced a plastic burning smell after about 30 45 minutes of burning. Include other odors produced by impurities in the gas supply and you have the distinct smell ventless logs produce.