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2009年12月15日 · There is a thing to throw in a fire to stop a chimney fire I looks like a stick in a paper covering but forget the name of it and think I would like to have one by my stove at all times. I was told by and old timer it works not sure how but …
What do you keep on hand to stop a Chimney Fire?
2011年2月2日 · The cabin we are building is 25 miles from town and two miles up a 4 wheel drive road behind a locked gate. Pretty easy to see that if the house catches fire the VFD is not going to save it. So I have to be my own first line of defense. Keeping your flue …
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2020年2月15日 · I remember reading a blog once, where the guy was reminiscing about his grandmother. Every once in a while she would have a chimney fire, and would need to run get some wet towels to throw in. Seems to me she was also the one who would run out and shoo the bears off the front porch with a broom when they were getting into things.
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2019年10月8日 · When I had a small chimney fire 2 years ago, I threw glasses of water onto the fire in my traditional fireplace that was blazing hot. Immediate steam up the chimney doused the fire effectively. Took 2 glasses or about 32 oz to set …
What do you keep on hand to stop a Chimney Fire?
2011年3月19日 · Oh almost forgot to add the bit about "chimney bombs" . . . we sometimes take ABC dry chemical and put them in Ziplock baggies . . . on the roof we'll drop them down the chimney with the idea being the heat will melt the plastic baggie and the powder will hit the creosote on fire . . . works well when the chimney is chocker blocker blocked by a creosote plug and the fire is above the plug and ...
Safe construction of wood framed chimney chase
2020年1月27日 · Just installed a new RSF Opel 3C fireplace in an addition to an old house. Chimney chase was constructed on outside wall of the addition, with 2x4 wood stud construction, Roxul mineral wool insulation in stud bays, Zip sheathing at the exterior, Thermoply at the interior for vapor barrier, and 5/8" fire-rated GWB over that.
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2011年10月18日 · If I am reading this right, I would say the only reason you would need a firestop is if you were going to insulate around the chimney above the ceiling support...I am in the same situation with my chase right now....installing an NZ3000 fireplace and it is in a dedicated chase, I installed a ventilation register at the top of my cathedral ceiling and I …
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2013年1月20日 · R1003.19 Chimney fireblocking. All spaces between chimneys and floors and ceilings through which chimneys pass shall be fireblocked with noncombustible material securely fastened in place. The fireblocking of spaces between chimneys and wood joists, beams or headers shall be self-supporting or be placed on strips of metal or metal lath laid ...
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2014年9月8日 · Years ago I had a chimney fire in my fire place at our home in town.. It was our first fire, after moving in. The previous owner had a bad wood stove connected directly to the flue, and built up a lot of creosote. I cleaned the flue, but it was not good enough. Fortunately we had a tight cover handy for blocking the whole fire place.
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2021年2月2日 · A good quality silicone is fine. The outside of a proper thimble is not a high-temperature area. The function of the chimney wall thimble is to maintain the 2" clearance to the chimney pipe that is passing through the wall. (Note how close the wood is to the thimble. It is much more combustible than silicone.)