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    Nov 19, 2008, 08:48 AM
    Gas smell from ventless fireplace?
    We just bought a house with a vent less gas fireplace. My husband just recently turned it on and I can continually smell gas coming from it . He says he can't smell anything and that what I am smelling is normal. I get excessive headaches and upset stomach and also diarrhea from this. We have small children in our house so I made him turn it off. He is not happy about it, and says it is all in my head, so I was wondering is the smell normal for a vent less fireplace and would the gas smell cause me to have these symptoms?
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    Nov 19, 2008, 10:52 AM

    I'm glad he agreed to shut it off for now.

    Tell your husband it really won't cost that much to have someone come in and do a leak test and measure CO levels. Or make a few calls and get a price from someone to check on this. The fire department or gas company might even come by and check it for free.

    If your husband is a good guy I'm sure he'd never be able to live with himself if he thought he was inadvertently poisioning his family.
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    Nov 19, 2008, 11:07 AM

    I would also make sure the unit is working correctly because there is an oxygen level sensor and maybe a CO level sensor. I might opt for your own CO sensor plugged in nearby just in case something fails on the unit.

    I'm not a big fan of ventless just like here. Just because its ventless doesn't mean there are no residual emissions, but they are considered acceptable levels according to the government.
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