Monday, February 21, 2011

Fireplace Folly: The Remodel of Doom

The KSL reported on a house fire at 2225 Jackson Ave. in Ogden.  The home was completely destroyed.

The home had been remodeled and prepared for renting.  So what happened to start this fire?  Here is an excerpt:

A cleaning crew was working to ready the home for potential renters and found the gas was turned off, preventing them from heating the home. Wood said they asked to use a woodburning stove to keep warm.

...they lit a fire in the stove, not knowing that no chimney had been put in for the stove when the roof was remodeled.
 Whoops!

Those pesky details (like having a chimney for your fireplace) can come back to bite you. 

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