[GSBN] Fire case studies

[Frank Tettemer]

Here is a fire report, from 2012

Hi Chris,

Here's one you've probably seen or heard tell of. This fire was in 
November of 2012, well after we had completed all our work,
and the wood-burning-appliance chimney installers were about to botch 
theirs. They forgot to shield the chimney in the attic area.
The first firing of the new wood stove was the only firing of the new 
wood stove.

As you can interpret from this photo, the majority of the roof trusses 
burned through out the entire attic, and the ceiling with 2 feet of 
cellulose eventually collapsed onto the upper floor. No bales were 
burnt, but all plaster and fiberglass windows were smoke-blackened on 
the entire inside of the house. Black-black.

The take-away from all this is that the fire insurance company, would 
not support a rebuild, due to their fears of never ending smoke smells. 
They had a forensic engineer swear by this.
So the entire building was torn down and demolished to the foundation. 
    wahh.

Frank Tettemer
Living Sol ~ Building & Design
Killaloe, Ontario

On May 28, 2018, at 11:35 AM, Matts Myhrman <mattsmy at gmail.com 
<mailto:mattsmy at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Chris,

Try checking the archives of The Last Straw.  I think we did a couple of 
stories about fires.

All best wishes,
Matts

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Chris Magwood 
<chris at endeavourcentre.org <mailto:chris at endeavourcentre.org>> wrote:
Hi all,

I have a researcher who has asked me for information about case studies 
involving fires in straw bale houses. Has any kind of summary report 
ever been done? Anybody have any specific cases they could point toward?

Thanks,

Chris

-- 
Chris Magwood
Director, Endeavour Centre
www.endeavourcentre.org <http://www.endeavourcentre.org/>

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