Kerosene heater in the basement smells, what should I do?
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008midasforever asked:
My dad just recently as of tonight put a kerosene heater in our basement to try to keep our pipes from freezing. When I got home from work there was a smell in the house, it stunk. I went downstairs to check on the heater. It seemed to be ok. I googled some stuff and I kept seeing cracking a window or door to keep fresh air coming in. first he didn’t have the door to the basement open so I thought about opening that. There are some really small windows down there that I could crack open and he would never find out. I am thinking about cracking a window. The heater is a old one. We have had it for a few years and it has sat in our garage. So, my questions are:
My dad just recently as of tonight put a kerosene heater in our basement to try to keep our pipes from freezing. When I got home from work there was a smell in the house, it stunk. I went downstairs to check on the heater. It seemed to be ok. I googled some stuff and I kept seeing cracking a window or door to keep fresh air coming in. first he didn’t have the door to the basement open so I thought about opening that. There are some really small windows down there that I could crack open and he would never find out. I am thinking about cracking a window. The heater is a old one. We have had it for a few years and it has sat in our garage. So, my questions are:
1. How long will the kerosene heater smell like that? Should it smell like it does?
2. Its going to be in the 20’s tonight where we are, will cracking a window bring in a lot of cold air and basically negate what we are trying to do?
Annie
