Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-16 Thread Marylyn
Sounds like what I did. I got one with glycol (sic) so I could do the garage too. Good luck. Mine makes me feel considerably saferespecially when Dixie is here alone. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures

RE: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs--off topic now

2007-04-16 Thread Melissa Lind
I can't afford a fire suppression system, but I plan to have everything hooked on power strips. Did you know that if you only use a microwave less than seven minutes each day, its clock requires more power than the microwave itself?! Based upon a family of four, if you'd plug most appliances into

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-15 Thread wendy
Hey guys, An addition to the warning to never leave a dryer running while away: never leave your dishwasher running while you're gone either! It can also catch fire. My apartment complex ten years ago experienced this exact thing, and I didn't believe it until I actually spoke with a fireman

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-15 Thread Sally Davis
I had a close call with our dryer years ago. It caught fire at the outlet. Loose connection. We were at home so not damage to the house. Only I went w/o a dryer for year bc I could not afford to have the outlet replaced. I have since moved into a house but I will not leave the house with the

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-15 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
I'm also building a fire suppression system--a retrofit in a ranch style--thank goodness it'll be relatively easy. All the stuff that should be unplugged will also save you gobs of $$$ if you plug those items into strips and then just throw the switches at night or whenever. Spend the

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-15 Thread Marylyn
I have a couple of circuits---one in the bath and one in the kitchen--that shut off with a switch. It doesn't matter what is plugged in, the minute the switch is turned off, so is everything. It makes things so much safer and so does fire extinguishers that you can carry in several places

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am always griping at the boys for not unplugging the toaster when they are done with it. I will have metal, concrete, and non-flammable construction with a sprinkler systems if I ever build. I really like those poured concrete dome houses, they inflate a balloon and pour the concrete over it,

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-15 Thread Marylyn
How are you putting it in? I had mine done by a company but would like to do a barn type building if I can ever get the house finished. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-15 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
I guess I should have qualified that statement by saying I'm having somebody build a fire suppression system! I did research online first--there are several different companies--but then what I will do is speak with the local firefighters here and see what they have to say as to what