Have you heard of anything as stupid as this?

[rphurley]

Several weeks ago, a woman I work with told me that she had a chimney fire at her house over the weekend. Thankfully, the house didn't catch fire and everyone was safe. The fire department came, put out the fire and she was told not to burn her wood stove or furnace, that was sharing the same flue. I knew that the stove was in the basement and she has a fireplace on the first floor. She wouldn't give me many detals initially, but I was able to get her describe her set-up. Her husband put a woodstove in the basement and piped it into the cleanout of the fireplace. He removed the ash hinge thing in the fireplace, closed the glass doors and let the smoke rise from the cleanout, up through the fireplace and up the chimney. They have been burning like this for 10 years, with 3 children in the house! Apperently, her father place a pipe from the cleanout, up through the fireplace and into the chimney, thinking this would make things safer, but her husband didn't like the look of the pipe in the fireplace so he took it out. Thank God they're all safe.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Reminds me of the redneck house repair pics that someone posted a couple months back.

maybe they sat around thinking "what is the fastest way to get carbon monoxide poisoning?"

 

[kenny chaos]

Can you define your use of "stupid" for me?
There's more than half a dozen grammatical errors in your post.
It worked for ten years? Must of been doing something right.
It isn't fair to judge.

 

[rphurley]

Can you define your use of "stupid" for me?
There's more than half a dozen grammatical errors in your post.
It worked for ten years? Must of been doing something right.
It isn't fair to judge.

I think putting 3 young children, as well as your wife and yourself at such a high risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, is pretty stupid. Sorry about the gramatical errors, my degree is in science, not English.

 

[kenny chaos]

Can you define your use of "stupid" for me?
There's more than half a dozen grammatical errors in your post.
It worked for ten years? Must of been doing something right.
It isn't fair to judge.

I think putting 3 young children, as well as your wife and yourself at such a high risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, is pretty stupid. Sorry about the gramatical errors, my degree is in science, not english.

I would agree it was stupid if someone knowingly placed their family in that danger.
Having a degree in science is an excuse for poor grammar?

 

[rphurley]

I didn't know I needed an excuse for poor grammar. I didn't realize that this was an exam. :cheese:

 

[DAKSY]

...Must of been...

That's not a "Grammatical Error??!??!?" :-/

 

[kenny chaos]

...Must of been...

That's not a "Grammatical Error??!??!?" :-/

Daisy-
You're not sure? Does it matter? I'm not the scientist poking fun at a co-worker on the inter-net.
By the way, don't YOU have anything better to do than judge me?
If not, please start a new thread and we'll have a go.

 

[kwburn]

I agree with everything CTburns said and nothing that Kenny Chaos said.

 

[pen]

K.Chaos

The house I purchased several years ago was as a little bit of oxygen away from a fire at any point in the last 27 years. The thimble (where the flue passes through a combustible wall) was not near code. (about 3 inches of masonry from a crock to studs and kraft back insulation) After a 'professional' installed the stove and chimney, the house was inspected at least 2x by professional home inspectors and at least 2x by insurance companies, it wasn't until I posted a picture here that individuals who may not have had impressive grammatical prowess made me realize the danger, inspect, repair, and realize how fortunate I and the others who have lived here have been.

My point being, if you base the worth of an individuals statements upon their ability to WRITE the English language well on a FREE site where people contribute in their time of leisure, then you are not only a blazing idiot but a snobbish a$$ as well.

If you want answers that come in well structured sentences, expect to PAY for being impressed by their language skills.

pen

 

[Big Radio]

I think someone needs an estrogen level adjustment.Or switch to decaf.

 

[Gooserider]

People need to play nice, until they do, this thread is closed -

Gooserider (In moderator mode)

 

[webbie]

I've seen that cleanout thing done before, but at least the perps ran a pipe from the floor of the fireplace up through the damper!

Never - in all my time - have I seen it done like that where the fireplace becomes a giant cooling and distilling chamber for the smoke. As we all know, hot smoke rises...and cooler flue gases....well, they don't rise as well. Probably the reason they got gassed.