OMG. It stinks in here.

[Jamastiene]

I just turned my heat on for the first time and wow it smells. I hate the first time the heat comes on. That burning smell is horrendous. It's nice and warm though. :D

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[KitchenWitch]

1. Yeah, there is nothing like that "first firing" of the furnace smell

So far we have been able to hold out.

I like to make it past October 15th before I fire mine up.

[Jamastiene]

3. Any certain reason why that date.

Just curious. :shrug:

My aunt slipped and broke a rib plus it has been overcast for days now. She's hurting and calling for it. I was going to turn off the a/c and let the temp stabalize wherever, but she's cold and achy. I think we aren't going to the VA in the morning after all. She's talking about canceling the appt. I wish she hadn't slipped. I alwasy freak, but she always says a broken rib isn't something they can fix anyhow. She once broke a rib sneezing. Man, I feel for her. Even my scars hurt from this overcast chilly evening, nevermind having to deal with broken bones and arthritis as bad as she has it.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Mostly stubbornness

We have the furnace on up here for practically 6 months out of the year, so the later we can get away without it the better.

[hfojvt]

9. I think my Wisconsin standard was Halloween

but I am so far south now I should be able to make Cursegiving. I will probably cheat with a space heater, candles, and extra baking.

[ofrfxsk]

2. It's that awful burnt dust vent smell

Open your windows for an hour or two and put on a sweatshirt. Your lungs will thank you.

[Hardrada]

5. We have hot water heating

but even so there is a kind of "warm" smell that emanates from the vents.

[WCGreen]

6. I posted this weekend about how

my house smelled of dead rodent...

Awfull

[Jamastiene]

7. I can imagine.

This trailer had been empty (of humans, not rodents and insects) for about 2 or 3 years. We saw the scurry of some sort of rodent while we were moving the fridge inside the day before we moved in. My bathroom cabinets smelled like rat urine for a while. The one in the kitchen did too, but I was able to get rid of it by constant cleaning and spraying. The bathroom cabinets are that awful pressed wood stuff. The smell hasn't totally left yet. On rainy days, I still get a whiff every now and again. I've tried everything to get rid of that smell.

[WCGreen]

8. That pressed wood keeps a smell for ever....

[Jamastiene]

10. Plus heaven help me if my bathroom faucets

ever spring a leak. That stuff turns into powdered mush if it gets wet.