Slight Burnt Odor
I own a 3 story brownstone that was gut renovated shortly before I bought it one year ago. Each floor has it’s own zone for heating and A/C. The top two floors have York HVac units (on the roof) while the finished basement uses a traditional furnace in a utility closet located in the basement….
I own a 3 story brownstone that was gut renovated shortly before I bought it one year ago. Each floor has it’s own zone for heating and A/C. The top two floors have York HVac units (on the roof) while the finished basement uses a traditional furnace in a utility closet located in the basement. All are natural gas fueled.
For the last two days, I have noticed a strange, slight burnt odor on the top two floors that comes and goes. I’ve only noticed the odor in the back of the house on both floors (the HVac units are in the front).
I’ve checked all the units and all seems fine. They’re operating fine. Do you think this is a potentially dangerous situation? Do the vents need to be cleaned and vacuumed? Is this even something worth doing after less than 2 years?
Thanks in advance.
Thx to you both. I did not spray any pesticide/insecticide … unless something got inside or close to the units that caused the odor.
I at first thought it was coming from outside as it was sporadic. The back of my house faces the Gowanus Canal … I’m on Bond St. and since I only smell it at the back of the house, I thought perhaps it was outside. But haven’t smelled it outside really.
But after last night, I’m not so sure. I went up to bed and the odor was quite prevalent in my bedroom. It was faint but still there this morning but now is gone.
If the smell seems stronger OUTSIDE, it might just be a neighbor’s wood-burning fireplace. I was alarmed by a similar odor a coupleof months ago and that’s what it turned out to be.
Have you recently applied insecticide to these spaces? The fumes burn off if a pilot light is present and it gives off a weird “burned gas” odor.