On Jan 14, 5:50*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
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"DGDevin" wrote



Some friends of ours just lost almost everything they own when an
electrical fire in the garage (idiot landlord saving money by having a
relative do electrical work that turned out to be grossly sub-code) spread
into the attic of the attached house before anyone even noticed. *If one
person hadn't smelled smoke and awakened the rest of the family.... *If I
were building a house I'd happily pay for a fire suppression system, it
sure beats burning to death.

The correct answer is to follow the electrical code and prevent the fire.
Your friends though, although greatly inconvenienced, should have no
monetary loss because they have renter's insurance. *They did didn't they?

Oh, the smoke detectors should have also alerted them to danger. *Why did
they not go off and a person had to smell the smoke? *Even if the landlord
did not have them, for $10 you can protect yourself.


I know of no smoke detectors in garage ceilings... Perhaps the attic
in
question was also lacking one as well...

It is quite easy to smell a fire as little wisps of smoke will be
drawn into
the bedroom from the attic by air leaks and the flow through windows
before it will get into the hallway where the smoke detectors are
located...

I even heard of a recent incident where a woman in a nearby community
attempted to kill herself and successfully killed her 8-year-old son
with
carbon monoxide fumes from lighting up a Hibachi grill inside a
bedroom,
neither the smoke detector nor the required CO detector were activated
in the home... So don't assume that a smoke or CO detector will be
able
to alert you to ALL dangers or fires in your home which could kill
you...

~~ Evan