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gas smell from water heater, furnace making buzzing sound?
The furnace has been making quite a loud buzzing sound before it kicks on. It has worried me, so I went into the laundry room (where gas heater / gas water heater are) to move stuff away from the heater. When I was bent over picking up something I smelled gas near the hot water heater. Help! My roommate isn't home, I don't know what to do. I turned the heat down to like 55 degrees so the heat won't kick on as often.
The heat does come on eventually. That wouldn't happen if the pilot light was out right?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You should take this seriously. Normally there is NO smell of gas from either heater and/or water heater. There can be a small release of unburned gas (which you would smell) just before the burner comes on...but this is not normal or consistent...if the burner does come on then yes, the pilot light is working...but there may be a delay between the thermostat telling the burner to come on and it actually doing it...during this slight delay there is gas being released and you can smell it...getyour gas company down to check it out !
