poppop
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Terry, there was mention of a chimney fire....Did it spread? Was there much damage? Is it out? :confused2:[/QUOTE]
Yea danny were ok ,That was about 2 years ago,I used to open the draft and the doors,And let the chimney catch fire ,Very easy to do ,And cleaned out the chimney for the most part,I was unaware that that was a hole in my chimney liner, most of my chimney was stainless steel,The inner part was not,I had replaced it years eariler with regular stove pipe,It rusted very fast.The inner liner caught fire on the outside and caused the second safety liner to catch fire too! all that was left was the outer liner,Which was smoking along with the roof,I ran and grabed a full cofee pot and dashed it into the wood heater closed the doors and shut the draft,Got more water in a pot becuase i broke the hot coffeepot with cold water,Througed more water in the heater,It is made of heavy gauge steel the only thing cast iron was the doors ,the cooling the heater so fast warped the inside of it ,didn,t do any damage to the doors or the outside.Went back outside a sprayed the garden hose on the roof and chimney,cooled everything down and watched for smoke the rest of the night,I was very lucky,Dont try that anymore,Another 5 minutes ,I dont believe anyone could have saved it ,The fire dept could have put out what was left,Im gonna post this and let everyone see how dangerious it can be and how fast it can happen Please everyone be careful.cirmstances can change year to year
This was my reply back to danny,Merry christmas all be safe>
Yea danny were ok ,That was about 2 years ago,I used to open the draft and the doors,And let the chimney catch fire ,Very easy to do ,And cleaned out the chimney for the most part,I was unaware that that was a hole in my chimney liner, most of my chimney was stainless steel,The inner part was not,I had replaced it years eariler with regular stove pipe,It rusted very fast.The inner liner caught fire on the outside and caused the second safety liner to catch fire too! all that was left was the outer liner,Which was smoking along with the roof,I ran and grabed a full cofee pot and dashed it into the wood heater closed the doors and shut the draft,Got more water in a pot becuase i broke the hot coffeepot with cold water,Througed more water in the heater,It is made of heavy gauge steel the only thing cast iron was the doors ,the cooling the heater so fast warped the inside of it ,didn,t do any damage to the doors or the outside.Went back outside a sprayed the garden hose on the roof and chimney,cooled everything down and watched for smoke the rest of the night,I was very lucky,Dont try that anymore,Another 5 minutes ,I dont believe anyone could have saved it ,The fire dept could have put out what was left,Im gonna post this and let everyone see how dangerious it can be and how fast it can happen Please everyone be careful.cirmstances can change year to year
This was my reply back to danny,Merry christmas all be safe>