[Shop-talk] Shop fire mitigation

[Pat Horne]

The wood stove was old, but in good shape. The firemen couldn't find an exact cause but said it was "something to do with the wood stove".  I used it a week earlier without any problems. I suspect when I lit it 20 minutes earlier an ember popped out before I got the door closed. 

It's funny that Texas has oil but don't use it for heating. Gas is preferred. 

Peace,
Pat

Pat Horne 
We support Caldwell County Habitat for Humanity


On Feb 4, 2017, at 6:13 PM, Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net> wrote:

You guys are making an excellent case against using wood stoves!  You make it sound like the occasional random stove event just burns the house down.  It's no big deal, they just do that?  I would want to conclude that someone made some sort of operational error that I know not to repeat or that it was installed wrong and I won't make that mistake.  Otherwise, I think I would look for something else.  Pat, you are in Texas, aren't all Texans supposed to favor oil?  :-)  

-Steve

At 02:47 PM 2/4/2017, Ian McFetridge wrote:
> Sorry about the damage Pat.  My friend had a similar "fart" that took out the back half of his house.  The best cleaner we used was TSP (trisodium phosphate), but it is nasty stuff, gloves, eye protection, old clothes, etc.  His wife got a less alkaline cleaner from the big box store:  Krud Kutter
> It worked ok, Simple Green also seemed to work ok, but we used the TSP for the really have stuff. Â 
> 
> Best,
> Ian

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