According to the International Code Council General Precautions Against Fire, in chapter 3 , 308.3.2, it basically says the space needed above candle for safety is what ever is needed to be able to hold a tissue above flame for 10 seconds without the tissue catching fire.

On Wednesday, 8 November 2017 19:27:36 UTC, wrote:
According to the International Code Council General Precautions Against Fire, in chapter 3 , 308.3.2, it basically says the space needed above candle for safety is what ever is needed to be able to hold a tissue above flame for 10 seconds without the tissue catching fire.

This thread is 16 years old. *16!*

(Oh, and I think the OP's house burnt down in the end. Something about a misplaced box of tissues...)

So they don't care about the soot or if there are any people near them
causing a draught to push the flame toward flammable items or indeed like
last years xmas lunch in a pub, whether the whole group are blind and either
burn their clothes as they reach or themselves then.
To me candles are a safety hazard, they should always be contained in
something non flammable so the flame is below the rim and hench it can be
put out fast.

They also pong.
Brian

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According to the International Code Council General Precautions Against
Fire, in chapter 3 , 308.3.2, it basically says the space needed above
candle for safety is what ever is needed to be able to hold a tissue above
flame for 10 seconds without the tissue catching fire.

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So they don't care about the soot or if there are any people near them
causing a draught to push the flame toward flammable items or indeed
like last years xmas lunch in a pub, whether the whole group are blind
and either burn their clothes as they reach or themselves then.
To me candles are a safety hazard, they should always be contained in
something non flammable so the flame is below the rim and hench it can
be put out fast.

They also pong.
Brian


A restaurant in Derby had a serious fire due to a tea light.

On Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:00:57 GMT, pamela
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On 20:31 8 Nov 2017, Mathew Newton wrote:

On Wednesday, 8 November 2017 19:27:36 UTC,
wrote:
According to the International Code Council General Precautions
Against F
ire, in chapter 3 , 308.3.2, it basically says the space needed
above candle for safety is what ever is needed to be able to
hold a tissue above flame for 10 seconds without the tissue
catching fire.

This thread is 16 years old. *16!*

(Oh, and I think the OP's house burnt down in the end. Something
about a misplaced box of tissues...)

My news server doesn't carry articles that far back! I can't look up
the original message.

Assuming you are really interested, that's what Google Groups is for.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk.d...I/el5YAmanL_AJ

The ICC seems to be an American self-serving confederation of
companies, and must be really desperate for publicity.


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On Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:29:36 GMT, DerbyBorn
coalesced the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful
comprehension...

"Brian Gaff" wrote in
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So they don't care about the soot or if there are any people near them
causing a draught to push the flame toward flammable items or indeed
like last years xmas lunch in a pub, whether the whole group are blind
and either burn their clothes as they reach or themselves then.
To me candles are a safety hazard, they should always be contained in
something non flammable so the flame is below the rim and hench it can
be put out fast.

They also pong.
Brian


A restaurant in Derby had a serious fire due to a tea light.


According to our charming tour guide, Helsinki was burned to the
ground by candlelight, not once, but twice.



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On Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:59:53 +0000, Graham.
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To me candles are a safety hazard, they should always be contained in
something non flammable so the flame is below the rim and hench it can
be put out fast.

They also pong.
Brian


A restaurant in Derby had a serious fire due to a tea light.


According to our charming tour guide, Helsinki was burned to the
ground by candlelight, not once, but twice.

London being bigger carried on burning well into daylight.

G.Harman

There's alot of messages there back in 2001. How on earth did that
thread get resurrected?

Our friend simply posted a follow up to the ancient thread on Google
Groups. Our newsreaders then show it as a new orphaned post which
people have responded to.

The clue is usually the before the subject, but our friend seems
to have removed that.


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On Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:16:54 +0000, coalesced
the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful
comprehension...

On Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:59:53 +0000, Graham.
wrote:


To me candles are a safety hazard, they should always be contained in
something non flammable so the flame is below the rim and hench it can
be put out fast.

They also pong.
Brian


A restaurant in Derby had a serious fire due to a tea light.


According to our charming tour guide, Helsinki was burned to the
ground by candlelight, not once, but twice.

London being bigger carried on burning well into daylight.

G.Harman

Well quite, but I think the Charming Tour Guide's English had
difficulty differentiating between candlelight, and a lit candle.


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