So we noticed a gas-like smell in our basement in February. The smell seemed to be getting stronger. I thought of getting a gas detector. We traced the smell to the room where our used paints are stored. At the beginning of March husband M figured it out . It was a leaking can of Varsol (mineral spirits) that had bled into the cardboard box that the plastic can was stored in. Varsol is highly flammable so the smell was worrying. We put the can and the cardboard in our side yard overnight and fortunately the hazardous waste disposal place was open the next day and husband M was able to dispose of it. The attendant said they didn't really take soiled cardboard but he decided to put it in their garbage. It was a relief to have this problem solved.
Now on to April!
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I am glad you finally found out where that nasty smell was coming from before anything bad happened. It is a real weight off your shoulders to get those old cans out of the house and into the trash. Now you can head into April without worrying about the basement going up in smoke.
I can imagine getting rid of that stuff!
Yikes! I'm glad you discovered where the smell was coming from.
Huh, scary!
Definitely good to solve the problem. Always a worry isn't it. I usually panic when I smell gas.
Yup April tomorrow! Let's hope it brings better weather with it, we need some good weather :-D
What a relief! A smell where it shouldn't be is a worry.
So glad you found a solution. Thanks for the post. Now, I feel we need to get rid of some old paints, too. Good to know.
I'm glad you guys had a place you knew of to take it. Thanks for the information.
That's great!
Glad you found out what it was. That sounded scary.
That was a little scary.
Such a relief to find and dispose of the culprit, Christine. That would alarm me, too.
An exceptionally beautiful exhibition. The graphic works are fantastic.
Goodness! A little scary!
So pleased you found out where the nasty smell was coming from and could sort it out.
All the best Jan
Here they put something in our gas line, an off smell.
Uy que bueno que no paso nada. Te mando un beso.
That was definitely lucky you traced this to what it was before you had a fire.
Gas smells always scare me.
Whew. Glad you got that taken care of.
I'm glad you all were able to figure out what it was.
Thank you for posting about this. My condo unit stores paint in our boiler/furnace room. I just texted the board about it and google also said cans stored near heating source could be a violation on ins policy. Dee
You are welcome Dee glad it helped.
An act of kindness on his part to take it all. Very cool.
Christine, that sounds like it could have been such a scary situation for your family. Glad you figured it out!
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