First fire of the year stinks
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Calentarse
Feeling the Heat
Absolutely. I think it's dust and other particulate that is one the stove and gets hot.
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
Burnt dust, that familiar smell every fall. Or fuel oil first firing and dusting through duct work.
I'll take the wood burning burnt dust smell, along with the small amount of smoke from the reverse draft at warmer outside temps.
I'll take the wood burning burnt dust smell, along with the small amount of smoke from the reverse draft at warmer outside temps.
mstoelton
Feeling the Heat
Yes, first fire last weekend. I think it was a combination of dust and some paint fumes. I get the same smell every year from the furnace and hot water piping when they are fired up. Part of the fall ritual!
Ashful
Minister of Fire
My house smells like a wet soccer field (wet mud) the first fire of every year. The penalty for installing in an old masonry fireplace made from mud-stacked rubble walls.
edit: That was actually years past, before I started using GoldenRod dehumidification heaters in each fireplace. I wonder if it will smell this year?
edit: That was actually years past, before I started using GoldenRod dehumidification heaters in each fireplace. I wonder if it will smell this year?
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