Ronald Raygun wrote:
One should only ever
lock the door on the mortice from the outside (when one is out and
no-one is in). Locking it from the inside is dangerous - you don't
want to have to be finding and fiddling with a key in a panic when
there's a fire and you need to get out in a hurry.

I'm amazed at the amount of people who lock the front door from inside while
they are at home. Very often when I ring the bell it takes them several
minutes to find the keys & open the door. Those minutes could kill you in a
fire as you say.

I often mention the fire risk, but it seems to go straight over their heads.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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Ronald Raygun wrote:
One should only ever
lock the door on the mortice from the outside (when one is out and
no-one is in). Locking it from the inside is dangerous - you don't
want to have to be finding and fiddling with a key in a panic when
there's a fire and you need to get out in a hurry.

I'm amazed at the amount of people who lock the front door from inside
while they are at home. Very often when I ring the bell it takes them
several minutes to find the keys & open the door. Those minutes could
kill you in a fire as you say.

I often mention the fire risk, but it seems to go straight over their
heads.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Mr Pounder

"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Fire extinguishers are too dangerous for the untrained home user, they
encourage people to get trapped.

dennis@home wrote:
"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Fire extinguishers are too dangerous for the untrained home user, they
encourage people to get trapped.

So are you a fire expert this week? I'll add that to your list of made up
talents.

--
Adam

"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:
"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Fire extinguishers are too dangerous for the untrained home user, they
encourage people to get trapped.

So are you a fire expert this week? I'll add that to your list of made up
talents.

Are you claiming to be an expert and disagreeing with what I said?

dennis@home wrote:
"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:
"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Fire extinguishers are too dangerous for the untrained home user,
they encourage people to get trapped.

So are you a fire expert this week? I'll add that to your list of
made up talents.

Are you claiming to be an expert and disagreeing with what I said?

No, I am just claiming that you are a man with no talents.

--
Adam

"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:
"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Fire extinguishers are too dangerous for the untrained home user, they
encourage people to get trapped.

So are you a fire expert this week? I'll add that to your list of made up
talents.

--
Adam

I am a fire protection expert.

Mr Pounder

"dennis@home" wrote in message
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"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Fire extinguishers are too dangerous for the untrained home user, they
encourage people to get trapped.

They are 1st aid.

Mr Pounder

On Dec 14, 9:33*pm, Tim Streater wrote:

Certainly if you're in a room and the furniture catches fires, you've
got a minute or two *at most* before you're gonna be dead.

Firstly, my furniture won't do that.

Secondly, I can put the fire out with one of my extinguishers (at
least one on each floor) and take my time.

In a world of Dennis' stupidity, that's probably his best so far.

On Dec 15, 10:53*am, Tim Streater wrote:

Certainly if you're in a room and the furniture catches fires, you've
got a minute or two *at most* before you're gonna be dead.

Firstly, my furniture won't do that.

What, won't catch fire? What's it made of? I'm talking about yer
standard furniture, e.g. a sofa with foam rubber filling or whatever it
is.

The beds are foam rubber, but that's not a bad fire hazard.
_Polyurethane_ foam is the real risk, and I don't have any. Sofas are
traditional.

"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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In article
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Andy Dingley wrote:

On Dec 14, 9:33�pm, Tim Streater wrote:

Certainly if you're in a room and the furniture catches fires, you've
got a minute or two *at most* before you're gonna be dead.

Firstly, my furniture won't do that.

What, won't catch fire? What's it made of? I'm talking about yer standard
furniture, e.g. a sofa with foam rubber filling or whatever it is.

There is an odd belief that modern furniture is fire proof.
Its actually flame resistant.
Its hard to ignite it with stuff like cigarettes. (Hmm? that's another
expense thrust upon us by smokers. Non smokers get little benefit from fire
proof furniture IMO.)
It certainly burns in the right circumstances and gives out toxic smoke.


Secondly, I can put the fire out with one of my extinguishers (at
least one on each floor) and take my time.

Perhaps, but most folks don't have them.

What he means is he can try and put it out.
If it works fine.
If it doesn't he has wasted time which could have been used to get to
safety.
That's why the fire service doesn't recommend extinguishers in homes, people
think they can tackle a blaze and get killed.
I think that if you want to protect the building from fire there are far
better ways than putting a few hand operated extinguishers in. You can fit
domestic sprinklers and fire proof as much of the contents as possible,
remove ignition sources, etc.

They do say a fire blanket can be useful to smother chip pan fires, I
personally don't have a chip pan as putting them out can be really scary and
I had to when I was about 14 using a wet towel.

I will stick with the idea of getting out fast and letting the insurance
company worry about the damage.

On Dec 15, 1:53*pm, "dennis@home"
wrote:

There is an odd belief that modern furniture is fire proof.
Its actually flame resistant.

Most of mine isn't (and as someone who sells upholstered furniture
commercially, yes I know the difference). I don't smoke, if I do set
the house on fire it's far more likely to be the carpet with a spark
from the fireplace than a fag down the furniture.

The real difference between "Is this sofa going to kill you very
quickly or not" is the toxicity of the smoke it produces. It's not the
reason I don't have any PU foam furniture, but all the same I'm not
unhappy that I don't (actually I do - I found one small ex-office
chair).

It certainly burns in the right circumstances and gives out toxic smoke.

Rubbberised horsehair and feathers are highly unpleasant, they're even
toxic in concentration, but they're nowhere like the toxicity at low
concentrations thay you have from the cyanides in PU smoke. This is
the biggie.

What he means is he can try and put it out.

If I can't put it out, I'll get a bigger extinguisher. If that doesn't
put it out, I'll use the BCF. If the BCF doesn't put it out, my
biggest hazard is then the fumes from that, no longer the fire.

They do say a fire blanket can be useful to smother chip pan fires,

Having used them four times (two of these within minutes, on the same
pan) I wouldn't bother again and would use an extinguisher.

I personally don't have a chip pan

For once I'd agree with you. There's no excuse for a chip pan. If you
want chips, use a thermostatic self-contained fryer.

Or get an Actifry, and then you really can test out your fire
precautions.

I will stick with the idea of getting out fast and letting the insurance
company worry about the damage.

That's OK Dennis, Nanny will make it all better.