Another house explodes in the UK - father and daughter pulled out alive
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[QUOTE=matt.ant;46520130][img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/18/2343542C00000578-2838977-image-70_1416309499189.jpg[/img]
I wonder if the computer still works[/QUOTE]
I once pulled a computer out of a storm canal in San Antonio. The case was smashed and all bent up but the PSU, motherboard, RAM and CPU still worked, after I washed out the several pounds of mud and debris from the inside of the case.
The optical drive and hard drive were totally trashed though, the inside of the hard drive was a solid mass of mud.
[QUOTE=dbk21894;46519778]We have natural gas heat in the states and I've never heard of people's houses [I]exploding[/I] when it goes wrong.[/QUOTE]
It's cause our pipes are protected by [I][B]Freedom[/B][/I]
[B][I]EAGLE SCREECH[/I][/B]
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;46519907]That's some shoddy-ass gas-work, how on earth do they get away with that?[/QUOTE]
We don't want to be rude and make a fuss about it.
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;46520297]I'm not in the UK, but now this is having me look back of me at the gas water heater thats in my room.[/QUOTE]
Why in the fresh hell do you have a water heater in your room?
That glare.
Could the camera be put in any worse of a location?
[QUOTE=pentium;46524514]That glare.Could the camera be put in any worse of a location?[/QUOTE] Inside the house?
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;46523972]Why in the fresh hell do you have a water heater in your room?[/QUOTE]
My apartment has a water heater in a bedroom closet
[QUOTE=Del91;46524562]My apartment has a water heater in a bedroom closet[/QUOTE]
Well it all depends on what type of water heater and if the closet is up to code. If it's electric then everything's fine and dandy so long as clearances are met and the safety valves are installed correctly, but with gas water heaters there's certain other things you have to ensure, such as that it's not burning air from inside your home, so they're typically sealed up pretty good and have fresh combustion air coming in from openings in the attic. Otherwise there's risk of CO leaking into your house.
Other than that, if you're paranoid about leaks you can always make a solution of dish soap and water and apply it to the joints in the pipe. No bubbles, no leaks, but sometimes you have to be extra careful and wait and see if you get a cluster of really god-damned tiny bubbles which would indicate a [I]very[/I] small leak.
[QUOTE=Del91;46524562]My apartment has a water heater in a bedroom closet[/QUOTE]
I sure hope that you got CO detectors all over the place. Thats quite dangerous to have in your room.
In regards to the houses exploding, doesnt the UK pipe their dwellings different than we do in the US? I thought I read somewhere that the connections are exterior to the dwelling rather than inside.
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