[seamlyne]

So, last night I'm trading out laundry loads, standing between the washer/dryer and the water heater. We've been running hot water for the dishwasher upstairs, and the last laundry load was a warm load, so the burner on the water heater kicks on. I heard the "whoosh" of the burner lighting up, but I noticed a smell a second or two later - natural gas maybe? (No, it wasn't me.) It dissipated in a moment or two, and I never smelled it again, and I've never smelled it at any other time. It reminded me a lot of the basement at my grandfather's house, where every appliance with a burner was gas-powered.

It's like the gas outlet opened and a little of the gas escaped before the pilot got to it. Should I be concerned? Or, more accurately, what should I be concerned about?

- Wm

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