ClearWaterMS
ClearWaterMS New Reader
1/3/22 12:26 p.m.

a few weeks before Christmas I made an Italian dish that boiled over in the oven which made a huge mess resulting in a ton of burning tomato and cheese stuff burning to ash and making a ton of smoke in my home.  I cleaned the oven, aired out the house, sprayed all of the soft surfaces with free breeze to remove the odor from the house.  24 hours later we noticed the smell was gone, house guests have stated they don't smell anything and we even had family stay with us over the holidays and they didn't notice anything either.  That being said; my wife and I have both noticed that every once in a while when the furnace kicks on in the living room (and nowhere else) you can smell a faint odor similar to that burning smell we got when I under sized the pot I made dinner in.  I have changed the air filter in the furnace.  Anybody have any other ideas?  The furnace is around the same age as the house was renovated (10 years old) and functions perfectly. 

 

Anybody have any ideas?

Honsch
Honsch Reader
1/3/22 1:32 p.m.

Did any splash into a heat register?

 

ClearWaterMS
ClearWaterMS New Reader
1/3/22 1:39 p.m.
Honsch said:

Did any splash into a heat register?

 

no, but that is a good idea/callout... the cooking disaster was all contained in the oven itself.  The oven design has the vent pointing straight up since it doesn't have a rise in the back and my kitchen doesn't have a powered vent (something I'm working on fixing)

RossD
RossD MegaDork
1/3/22 1:39 p.m.

if there is any fiberglass lining in the furnace or if you have fiberglass duct board for ductwork, those could hold the smell.

ClearWaterMS
ClearWaterMS New Reader
1/3/22 1:40 p.m.
RossD said:

if there is any fiberglass lining in the furnace or if you have fiberglass duct board for ductwork, those could hold the smell.

if that is the case, is this something I "just have to live with" if there anything you can spray/do to the ducting/furnace to neutralize the smell?  

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
1/3/22 2:57 p.m.

Is Granny sneaking smokes in the bathroom?

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