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No one was injured, but the FD did not save the building infact the the building was completely destroyed and the family displaced.
Be careful with your fireplace! They requires skills from the last generation.
Google will not tell you everything you need to know - google will give you answers suggesting they are all when they are just posers. A history of fire departments and home fires would help.
* never leave a fire un-tended, not a second with children about
* a fire is an activity that requires your attention like driving does
* insure your chimney meets fire safety codes (did your builder cheat?)
* have a fire extinguisher on-hand and insure your hose is also ready.
* there is no good way to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning from most fireplaces installed in fairfax other than to open windows (yes, colder): only heat stoves do that.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Chimney fire displaces Ashburn family: be careful with your fireplace ! They requires skills from the last generation.
Posted by:
WTOP
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Date: December 10, 2017 02:50PM
No one was injured, but the FD did not save the building infact the the building was completely destroyed and the family displaced.
Be careful with your fireplace! They requires skills from the last generation.
Google will not tell you everything you need to know - google will give you answers suggesting they are all when they are just posers. A history of fire departments and home fires would help.
* never leave a fire un-tended, not a second with children about
* a fire is an activity that requires your attention like driving does
* insure your chimney meets fire safety codes (did your builder cheat?)
* have a fire extinguisher on-hand and insure your hose is also ready.
* there is no good way to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning from most fireplaces installed in fairfax other than to open windows (yes, colder): only heat stoves do that.
Re: Chimney fire displaces Ashburn family: be careful with your fireplace ! They requires skills from the last generation.
Posted by:
brick and block
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Date: December 10, 2017 04:25PM
The heck with those metal flue pipes boxed in with vinyl siding. Give me a real masonry chimney.
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Re: Chimney fire displaces Ashburn family: be careful with your fireplace ! They requires skills from the last generation.
Posted by:
Sweep
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Date: December 10, 2017 04:55PM
brick and block Wrote:
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> The heck with those metal flue pipes boxed in with
> vinyl siding. Give me a real masonry chimney.
Riiiiiight! So every five years, I can put the fear of God into suckers and recommend relining the flue for $$$$$!
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> The heck with those metal flue pipes boxed in with
> vinyl siding. Give me a real masonry chimney.
Riiiiiight! So every five years, I can put the fear of God into suckers and recommend relining the flue for $$$$$!
Re: Chimney fire displaces Ashburn family: be careful with your fireplace ! They requires skills from the last generation.
Posted by:
Local FF
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Date: December 11, 2017 11:57AM
These are mostly people like gerry that have no concept of how a fireplace works. They don't open the damper, buy all the wood at the grocery store for $7 a pack...use starter logs for firewood all year. Never, ever, ever even consider getting a chimney cleaned. I've seen it all.
Re: Chimney fire displaces Ashburn family: be careful with your fireplace ! They requires skills from the last generation.
Posted by:
fireplace idiots
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Date: December 11, 2017 12:15PM
Local FF Wrote:
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> These are mostly people like gerry that have no
> concept of how a fireplace works. They don't
> open the damper, buy all the wood at the grocery
> store for $7 a pack...use starter logs for
> firewood all year.
We had a neighbor who started burning garbage in his fireplace one winter, then he’d be all freaked out when his whole house would start smelling like fumes from plastic and disgusting food smells and stuff flying out of his chimney. Shit was a mess, the whole house stank for months.
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> These are mostly people like gerry that have no
> concept of how a fireplace works. They don't
> open the damper, buy all the wood at the grocery
> store for $7 a pack...use starter logs for
> firewood all year.
We had a neighbor who started burning garbage in his fireplace one winter, then he’d be all freaked out when his whole house would start smelling like fumes from plastic and disgusting food smells and stuff flying out of his chimney. Shit was a mess, the whole house stank for months.