Thursday, December 09, 2010

Heat

On a home remodeling program, they showed where a fireplace chimney had actually scorched the framework of the house.

Just now, I looked at the spot where we used to keep our outdoor grille. The siding is off, and you can see the insulation. It says 'Product is combustible'.

And it's melted.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

One of the things I could never understand was why the previous owner of our house had their grill up against the kitchen wall. The house is clad in vinyl siding...

Cerulean Bill said...

Well, we did it because the overhang from the room would shield the opened grill. That it was venting very hot air onto the siding rarely occurred to us, and we thought 'well, no big deal'.

Yeah. Of course, with the vinyl we're putting up, I think we'll be moving the grill.