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Thread: Almost burned my house down
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02-01-2014, 08:01 AM #26
Maybe he's referring to the category of home fires due to human error? Normally tornado victims don't have 'if only I hadn't started that tornado' regretful thoughts.
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02-01-2014, 08:37 AM #27
Great save. I also burn wood so it is always on my mind. Never too careful wit fire.
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02-01-2014, 07:55 PM #28Registered User
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Damn dude, glad to hear it worked out ok for you.
Too much of this kind of thing happening lately.
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02-01-2014, 09:52 PM #29glocal
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Been there. Had a wood stove in my house and had a perforated eardrum in my right ear and was like 85% deaf in that ear. My recliner chair in front of the tv put the wood stove off to the right. There was a window to the left, just to set this story up so it's understandable.
As I was kicked back watching tv, I kept hearing these weird sounds out the window. Kept looking, didn't see anything. Heard it again, looked out the window again. Finally got up to go in the kitchen and the chimney is glowing fucking red. I figured the roof was already on fire, as it was a triple insulated pipe.
Because I was deaf in my right ear, I was hearing the noise ricochet off the window and picking it up in my left ear, looking out the window. Fuck. Thank god I got hungry. Once I got to the stove I could hear the whoosh, whoosh of the fire in the pipe. Scared the piss out of me.
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02-01-2014, 09:53 PM #30Funky But Chic
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Well what happened?
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02-01-2014, 10:44 PM #31Registered User
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Question: when this kind of shit happens with the wood stove what is the best route to avoid a full on blaze. Sounds like OP was able to reach up and knock the shit out but what if it's in an A-frame and the deposit is say 10ft up? Would suffocating it by cutting off airflows from top and bottom work best?
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02-01-2014, 10:50 PM #32Funky But Chic
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02-01-2014, 10:58 PM #33glocal
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Well, I didn't have a ladder and there were flames and chunks of burning shit popping out of the chimney, so I spent about 20 minutes throwing everything in the kitchen I could put water in at it. That was a complete and hilarious fail. So I called the fire department, which was somewhat ego-deflating.
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02-01-2014, 11:01 PM #34spook Guest
my daddy always said never have a house bigger than you can reach
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02-01-2014, 11:04 PM #35
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02-01-2014, 11:06 PM #36spook Guest
stupid fucking hippies and their grow operations
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02-01-2014, 11:28 PM #37Funky But Chic
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Why is that guy watering the garden when the house appears to be on fire?
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02-01-2014, 11:44 PM #38glocal
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It appears to be a back porch barbeque out of control.
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02-01-2014, 11:53 PM #39
I thought Blurred was younger than that?
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02-02-2014, 07:21 AM #40
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02-02-2014, 08:30 AM #41Funky But Chic
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02-02-2014, 11:13 AM #42
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02-02-2014, 11:25 AM #43
I'm a former firefighter, we were taught (and I've seen it work) that if you've got a hot fire in the firebox a cup of water in the firebox and close the door is the best technique to snuff it. The water turns to steam instantly and puts out the fire as it heads up the chimney. No fuss mo muss, once the chimney fire is out you pull apart the fire in the firebox and throw the burning wood on the lawn and let the chimney cool off.
The cup of water didn't work for me because mine was not in the path of smoke within the chimney where most chimney fires occur.You are what you eat.
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02-02-2014, 02:22 PM #44
Good save. Yikes! Though I'm still trying to get over your brother in law using your helmet as a door stop.
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02-02-2014, 03:15 PM #45Funky But Chic
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