Dryer Smell
I have been smelling a weird smell from my dryer — it goes all through the house and is on the clothes, as well — that smells like that sooty charcoal smell you get when you first light a gas grill. I’ve had the gas valve on the dryer replaced and the ducting from the…
I have been smelling a weird smell from my dryer — it goes all through the house and is on the clothes, as well — that smells like that sooty charcoal smell you get when you first light a gas grill. I’ve had the gas valve on the dryer replaced and the ducting from the dryer out to the vent cleaned. Plus I had a booster fan installed. Yet still the smell persists. I get a low grade dizzying kind of headache from it but no carbon monoxide meters go off and not everyone is as sensitive to it as I am. What can I do do? Anyone have any ideas?
Also happens when you paint around kitchen stoves with manual pilot lights.
Ahhh so glad to read this. We had the same issue, and it turns out, right after we finished renovating the basement – including painting. Was very alarming but then it went away so I forgot about it.
Very interesting. We have been painting in the house just as this started. Good call, fexleycb. Thank you.
I’ve had something similar when running the dryer after painting with any kind of oil based paint product or using mineral spirits, polyurethane or solvents. If there are fumes in the air and you run the dryer – you get an awful smell in both the air and the clothes. Good reason not to use products that produce such vapors.