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I know it's fall, because it smells bad in here...

I know it's fall, because it smells bad in here...

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Old 10-03-2011, 07:46 AM
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... it's that awful odor that comes out the first time you turn the furnace on for the season.

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Old 10-03-2011, 07:49 AM
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We are still running the AC. Maybe one day the heater will get used.....just not today. :)
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Old 10-03-2011, 07:50 AM
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You could heat with wood and get that down home scent :-D
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Old 10-03-2011, 07:51 AM
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Why does it do that? I was asleep when DH started the heater. I thought he was burning down the house. It did set off the smoke detectors!
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Old 10-03-2011, 07:52 AM
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I've always figured that the odor was that of the dust in the ductwork burning off.

I don't think it would be a good idea to heat with wood in our shop. I'm just not that sure that our customers would like appreciate smoked fabric. (Smoked bacon, maybe... but not fabric!)
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Old 10-03-2011, 07:53 AM
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My daughter had to turn her furnace on last Fri because her kids were cold. She also said it smelled bad. Mine will too but I refuse to turn it on till Nov. 1. I just keep wrapping up in quits till then.
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It's all the dust bunnies that were trying to hide. Mine smells the same.
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I haven't had to turn mine on yet.
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Still running the AC here too!
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Old 10-03-2011, 07:59 AM
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We have had a couple of days that I could turn off a/c and open windows untill around 3pm then a/c back on central FL
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