can you smell natural gas
Since natural gas is odorless and colorless in its natural form, a distinctive odorant called mercaptan is added to help you detect a gas leak. Mercaptan makes the gas smell like sulfur or ârotten eggsâ. INDOOR GAS LEAKS. If you smell a faint gas odor near an appliance: Check all pilot lights. If you find a pilot light extinguished, open windows and doors to vent the area and then wait 15 minutes before relighting the pilot light.