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We moved into our house a couple of years ago. It had a nice gas range that we were pleased was in the home. When we moved in, we noticed this specific "gas pa

We moved into our house a couple of years ago. It had a nice gas range that we were pleased was in the home. When we moved in, we noticed this specific "gas particulate" smell throughout the house whenever we'd use the stove. It wasn't leaking gas, but rather this smell I associated with dirty burning or something. The other times I've smelled it have been in propane space heaters for outdoors. We replaced it with an induction range and have been completely happy with it. Heats amazingly fast, no burner to burn things, no emissions in the house, we love it. I never want to own another kind of range again.

wasdfff 6y ago
That smell is typical with a gas range. You are supposed to run it with the vent hood on to prevent that.
- derbOac 6y ago
  Interesting. There is a range vent hood but we could still smell it throughout the house (or at least most of it). Also, I've lived in several other places with gas ranges and never encountered that before. Maybe it was just worse with that range?
  - linsomniac 6y ago
    A friend of mine works at an architectural energy firm, and he says it's very important in designs that airflow tends towards the kitchen rather than away. They do mostly commercial, but I could see it applying to residential as well, and sounds like that situation has, even with the vent hood on, the airflow "upside down". When I was remodeling our kitchen we went with a over range microwave because there really wasn't anywhere else to put it. Those are known for fairly poor airflow. We got a KitchenAid with some of the best available airflow, 440CFM IIRC, but stand alone hoods can do much better. I still have a todo of replacing the roof vent with a larger one, so there's probably still some restriction in there that's slowing us down. You might want to look for similar.

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We moved into our house a couple of years ago. It had a nice gas range that we were pleased was in the home. When we moved in, we noticed this specific "gas pa

by derbOac 6y ago

wasdfff 6y ago
That smell is typical with a gas range. You are supposed to run it with the vent hood on to prevent that.
- derbOac 6y ago
  Interesting. There is a range vent hood but we could still smell it throughout the house (or at least most of it). Also, I've lived in several other places with gas ranges and never encountered that before. Maybe it was just worse with that range?
  - linsomniac 6y ago
    A friend of mine works at an architectural energy firm, and he says it's very important in designs that airflow tends towards the kitchen rather than away. They do mostly commercial, but I could see it applying to residential as well, and sounds like that situation has, even with the vent hood on, the airflow "upside down". When I was remodeling our kitchen we went with a over range microwave because there really wasn't anywhere else to put it. Those are known for fairly poor airflow. We got a KitchenAid with some of the best available airflow, 440CFM IIRC, but stand alone hoods can do much better. I still have a todo of replacing the roof vent with a larger one, so there's probably still some restriction in there that's slowing us down. You might want to look for similar.