https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/ex...e0c178733/blaze-heavily-damages-farmhous.html
Check out the unusual cause
Check out the unusual cause
https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/ex...e0c178733/blaze-heavily-damages-farmhous.html
Check out the unusual cause
Its unknown if the fire was started by the stove or chimney, it could have started in the sill plate from bad wiring and rode up the wall into the attic, old balloon frame structures don't have fire stops, I once fought a fire about 16 yrs ago (started by the fireplace that had cracks in the masonry) that was thought to be a room and contents fire (living room) very smoky and we knocked it out pretty fast, we were kind of high fiving while walking out the porch when we looked up at the attic and saw fire and smoke pouring out the top eves, the fire blew up the wall while we were knocking it out with the hoses and caught the attic up. Learning lesson when working in older houses.Very sad but just more reinforcement for a properly installed liner from stove top to chimney top!
Didn't you read the part about the creosote build up? 2' tall is a lot of creosote
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Didn't you read the part about the creosote build up? 2' tall is a lot of creosote
I just scrolled down further and copied and pasted.Kenny I can't quote you but the post after yours has the cause. Don't know how he got it, when I went to my link it wasn't there but it was in the paper
An unusual cause to the fire
The original home had an exterior fireplace, he began. Nearly a century ago, an extension was put on the home and the fireplace was closed in, but remained connected to the chimney, he said.
Some time later, a wood stove was added to the original part of the home and the metal pipe tapped into the chimney, loading it up with creosote over the years, Lake said. Creosote began to crumble off the chimney walls and fall into the hidden fireplace below, Lake said. The pile was two feet tall when it was finally exposed Monday night, Lake said...
If there is a pipe it is not a slammer. It says the fireplace was closed and then a pipe was cut into the chimney. This was very common and we still see them occasionally. And yes they are very dangerous"Metal pipe (liner?) tapped into chimney." Sounds like a slammer that was never cleaned. Having to remove the stove just to sweep certainly would be a PITA.
If there is a pipe it is not a slammer. It says the fireplace was closed and then a pipe was cut into the chimney. This was very common and we still see them occasionally. And yes they are very dangerous
It was just dropping into the old fireplace or onto the old smokeshelf. The pipe was probably just cut into the smokechamber. They couldnt see it because the fireplace was closed upI see what you mean. I was thinking it was an insert which is why they couldn't see the creosote that was accumulating. How could they not see the problem; just loading up above the damper?
The link I follow has that comment, 2 more pictures and then a heading and more text where he explains what he found. Maybe the entire page isn't loading for youNope. Article ends with the Chief saying it was an unusual cause . . .
Our barrel stove that we heated with up in Alaska was installed that way. Stove sat in the opening, 3" of pipe. Block off plate to seal it up. Was that way for 20 years. Made lots of heat. It was pulled and the fireplace made to look like a fireplace again when the house was sold (couldn't heat anything with that monstrosity of a fireplace).If there is a pipe it is not a slammer. It says the fireplace was closed and then a pipe was cut into the chimney. This was very common and we still see them occasionally. And yes they are very dangerous
Maybe I'm just being oblivious . . . but does the article say what the cause is . . . beside the Chief saying "it was an unusual cause?"
You cannot have a slammer install if the fireplace is closed off.
Lol no but unless you open up the firebox it simply is not possible.Is that a challenge?
Again THIS WAS NOT A SLAMMER. It says a metal pipe was tapped into the chimney. It also says the fireplace was closed up. A slammer is an insert that is just slid into a fireplace opening with no connection to the chimney. You cannot have a slammer install if the fireplace is closed off.
It may be a definition but it isn't a correct one"A very common example of this is the fireplace insert or woodstove which is vented without a proper liner into the smoke chamber of a typical fireplace. This is a real problem. This type of installation is commonly referred to as a slammer."
The installation in the story certainly meets this definition of what a slammer is, and that's from a company that makes liners.
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