Boiler broken - foul acrid odour throughout house.

[peachykeen123]

My boiler is broken and I'm currently waiting for an emergency visit, but this morning I noticed there was a terrible smell in 4/6 rooms. It's strongest in the bedroom where the boiler is located. It's a very pungent, chemical, acrid smell, a little bit like rotten eggs mixed with burning tyres. It's as if a pan has burnt out. I actually went outside and round to check on my neighbour because I thought maybe there was a fire in their house!

But nope, it's only in my house. I can't think of anything else that could be the culprit - the fact the boiler has broken down at the same time is just too big a coincidence. I've turned the boiler off and opened all the windows. I don't think it's bacteria or anything because this has never ever happened before and it came on very suddenly. My partner swears they can't smell anything but my son said he can smell it too.

I know Carbon Monoxide has no odour, and the Carbon Monoxide monitor hasn't gone off. Any ideas what this could be?

 

[king of pipes]

Turn the gas off at the meter ventilate the property and call 0800111999 gas emergency now they will find the problem don't use anything till they have been

 

[Last Plumber]

My boiler is broken and I'm currently waiting for an emergency visit, but this morning I noticed there was a terrible smell in 4/6 rooms. It's strongest in the bedroom where the boiler is located. It's a very pungent, chemical, acrid smell, a little bit like rotten eggs mixed with burning tyres. It's as if a pan has burnt out. I actually went outside and round to check on my neighbour because I thought maybe there was a fire in their house!

But nope, it's only in my house. I can't think of anything else that could be the culprit - the fact the boiler has broken down at the same time is just too big a coincidence. I've turned the boiler off and opened all the windows. I don't think it's bacteria or anything because this has never ever happened before and it came on very suddenly. My partner swears they can't smell anything but my son said he can smell it too.

I know Carbon Monoxide has no odour, and the Carbon Monoxide monitor hasn't gone off. Any ideas what this could be?

Yes. Along side the CO there are other products of combustion and incomplete combustion.

Formaldehyde can be one, amongst others.

Read this and it will give an idea !

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...p9UjKfy9Ir65A7PLQ&sig2=PZqP9jWfp_63Zv-jFlkiZA

You are right in saying that CO has no odour but other things do and they more often than not will accompany CO.

So as King says. Turn off, ventilate, call 0800 111 999.

 

[jonnyswamp]

Good advice above, sounds like an electrical component has burnt out/blown on your boiler or it's electrical feed
Let us know the outcome

 

[jonnyswamp]

Good advice above, sounds like an electrical component has burnt out/blown on your boiler or it's electrical feed
Let us know the outcome