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Has Achieved Nirvana |
I keep up with real estate listings in my area and love to look at the photos of homes I drive by but never have a chance to see inside, in person. A lot of the homes look great, but every so often you see a "Huh?" in the listing photo. Here's one I caught this morning:  I don't know what's worse...that the architect didn't consider the problem of a possible fuel spill running down the stairs into a basement, or that this was the solution so that the garage met code...
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Minor Deity |
It's blocked off by raised concrete. No problem. But I still don't like the design. Easy for critters to get in the basement.
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Yea, that was my point. It's an inelegant solution to the fuel spill problem. eta: I hadn't considered the critter issue. Here's the rest of the house. I don't recall if it was a total teardown, or a huge addition to the original home. I haven't quite figured out what is where vis a vis the basement... https://www.realtor.com/reales...3?from=srp-list-card
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Beatification Candidate |
The house we live in has a somewhat similar problem. The furnace is located in the garage area and so could be a source of ignition in the event of a fuel leak. That observation by an insurance agent prompted a pervious owner to construct a furnace room to wall the furnace off from the rest of the garage, but I've wondered how effective that separation really is. I think it has been improved by the combustion air for the furnace being drawn from the exterior since we had the furnace replaced. Big Al
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We had the same situation in our vacation home, furnace in garage, open to the entire space. I never considered the ignition problem. Neither did HVAC contractor when they installed it, the county when they inspected it after it was built, or the home inspector when we sold it thirty years later. Oops. It is a real safety concern.
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