Hi Firebroad.
I certainly appreciate the concerns. But as an intelligent person would do, there will be no gas cans in the garage. In another thread I have posted the WETT requirements for stoves in garages/sheds. It has to be a certain height off of the floor (gas is more dense than air therefore the fumes will be on ground level).
On the other thread I posted (regarding the stove in a garage), a forum member posted a good question. What says a garage is a garage? What if it is a workshop, a storage unit, a place to hide from the kids and wife? I am an honnest person and I can say this: I have 2 gas cans approximately 25 feet away from my wood stove in the back area of my basement. Would there be a difference if it was 25 feet away in my garage? Either way I have no intentions on having gas cans in my garage. I just want to be able to light a fire, warm it up, and melt off the snowblower or snowmobile after a run with either of the machines. I can't see it being any more dangerous than all those garages that weld inside the bays with cars on a hoist... My town has 0 building code inspectors!! lol.
As Fi-Q said; insurance companies around here are much more tough on people who have an attached garage than a detached one. A detached one does not even change my insurance costs. I think common sense should be used and not have flammables near open flames.
Andrew
I certainly appreciate the concerns. But as an intelligent person would do, there will be no gas cans in the garage. In another thread I have posted the WETT requirements for stoves in garages/sheds. It has to be a certain height off of the floor (gas is more dense than air therefore the fumes will be on ground level).
On the other thread I posted (regarding the stove in a garage), a forum member posted a good question. What says a garage is a garage? What if it is a workshop, a storage unit, a place to hide from the kids and wife? I am an honnest person and I can say this: I have 2 gas cans approximately 25 feet away from my wood stove in the back area of my basement. Would there be a difference if it was 25 feet away in my garage? Either way I have no intentions on having gas cans in my garage. I just want to be able to light a fire, warm it up, and melt off the snowblower or snowmobile after a run with either of the machines. I can't see it being any more dangerous than all those garages that weld inside the bays with cars on a hoist... My town has 0 building code inspectors!! lol.
As Fi-Q said; insurance companies around here are much more tough on people who have an attached garage than a detached one. A detached one does not even change my insurance costs. I think common sense should be used and not have flammables near open flames.
Andrew
