fire!

19 years ago

Well every day of building a home brings new excitement. My wife drove up to the house about 10 this morning ( 2hrs from where we live) and saw they were taking out our kitchen window framing that we thought was finished. Then she saw the house floor was all wet. Well some cardboard boxes of roof vent material were by the house and sparks from the slash pile set it ablaze. 6-8 feet of wall was charred and was replaced, studs, headers and sheathing. The pile of this beautiful attic flooring had two inches burned off one end. ItÂs been replaced and is already in the attic. The grader was on site but to the south of the house. Fire started but his fire engine with pump and water wouldnÂt. So he called 911 and the fire dpt got it under control very quickly. It happened yesterday afternoon around 5 and GC said when the damage is as little as this was he doesnÂt call until itÂs repaired. They worked on it til 1030 last nite and by the time DW left this morning it was all done. Funny, itÂs too bad that happened but IÂm just not as upset about it as much as I think I should be Â that stuff can happen. Of course the land clearer will be paying GC for all the repair work and material replacement. So it has set things back a day or two but thatÂs it. The fire department and the County building inspector have to inspect the repair work and say everythingÂs OK and ready to keep building.

Tom

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cynandjon
19 years ago
WOW Im glad it wasnt more serious, but I think you had a right to know. I would have been upset that they didnt call me.
skagit_goat_man_
Original Author
19 years ago
He knew we were two hours away and we had a 10AM meeting with him the next morning. We'd have gone nuts if he would have called us last nite because we were unable to make the trip to the house and would have worried ourselves to death. At least for us this worked out best although I can see where a lot of people wouldn't have been pleased. Tom
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mcbird
19 years ago
The guy we ordered our doors with told us how the guys staining his cabinets carelessly left stain rags in the garage one night that ignited and burned their almost complete home to the ground. Sad part is he's a volunteer firefighter and responded to the fire.
amyks
19 years ago
Tom, I'm so glad nobody was hurt, it certainly could have been much worse! I'm with you, all that a phone call would have resulted in is a long night of no sleep for you and your dear wife. I'm glad it won't set you back much time-wise. Good luck with the rest of the build!

Amy
sierraeast
19 years ago
Glad it wasn't any worse for you and things are back to building. Our neighbors on the property next to us on our last trip up were burning a stump the day we were leaving.They had wet the surrounding area as it smoldered and proceeded to load everyone up and leave.The wind came up and the stump re-ignighted and produced a fair size flame.I ran over and put it out.We were just about to head out ourselves when this all came down. Who knows what would have happened if we had left earlier.