barkerwc4362 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 About 10 days ago my wife's grandparent's house caught fire and was a total loss. This house was three houses down from us. The family did not still own it, but my wife was heartbroken that it was lost. She had a lot of good memories from being in that house. Her parents owned and ran a country store that was right across the road from this house. Her grandparents did not build the house, but bought it in the 20's. The front porch on this house was the reason our house has that big front porch on it. Libby remembered her grandmother having big hanging ferns on the porch and sitting on it. That is what she wanted when she built this house. That is a big magnolia tree in the front which shaded the porch and made it comfortable to sit on the porch. Bill 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass1660 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Sorry for their loss. I assume you mean the 1920’s? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkerwc4362 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 Yes, the 1920's. House was well over 100 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Sad deal. Sorry for your wife's loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleman Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 We had a near miss on a fire recently, I put pot of veggies on the stove, set the burner on medium and later smelled something too hot, went to the kitchen and a found SS pot glowing and smoke everywhere. The burner on the electric stove was running away, fortunately I was nearby in the home office and the burner responded to the off position and I was not burned. The only casualty was the pot was destroyed and the aluminum bottom melted into the stove-top. Never put an aluminum pot on a stove and walk away. The SS part would have been reusable. Later I replaced the burner controller and all has been fine since. i ALSO REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS AND BURNER ELEMENT but they were ok. I have a C02 extinguisher in the kitchen, but do not require it this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Plow Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Sorry to see a loss like that. Glad nobody was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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