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TR4/4A 67 TR4a restoration on hold

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Rut said:
Its a difficult process to remember every tool, car part, manual, and convienence in the shop,..
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The take-away for the rest of us is that 15 minutes in the garage with a digital camera is a prudent precaution. I have lots of photos of the cars but none of open tool drawers, parts on the shelves, etc.

I have two local friends who also had severe garage fires in the past 3 months. Both occurred in the early evening and they were first aware something was amiss when the power went off. I hate to think how much more could have gone wrong if those fires had occurred at 3 a.m.

I just got a smoke detector for the garage and will wire it with the alarm inside the house. I expect I may get the odd false alarm from Tucson heat or other activity - but that is a minor inconvenience.
 
Geo Hahn said:
The take-away for the rest of us is that 15 minutes in the garage with a digital camera is a prudent precaution. I have lots of photos of the cars but none of open tool drawers, parts on the shelves, etc.

I have two local friends who also had severe garage fires in the past 3 months. Both occurred in the early evening and they were first aware something was amiss when the power went off. I hate to think how much more could have gone wrong if those fires had occurred at 3 a.m.

I just got a smoke detector for the garage and will wire it with the alarm inside the house. I expect I may get the odd false alarm from Tucson heat or other activity - but that is a minor inconvenience.
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That is so true! I took pictures of the inside of the shop, but they are not up to date. I'll be installing CO/smoke detectors with a remote alarm and I will probably install a fire suppression system. At the very least I'll have 2 really large fire extinguishers, 1 located at each end of the new shop.
Rut
 
Sorry to see your loss. Glad to hear that there that nobody got hurt.


Great thought about the extinguishers. Note to self Get 2 next visit to big box store.

David
 
DavidApp said:
Sorry to see your loss. Glad to hear that there that nobody got hurt.


Great thought about the extinguishers. Note to self Get 2 next visit to big box store.

David
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I bought the biggest ones they have!
Rut
 
Rut said:
I bought the biggest ones they have!
Rut
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As it has been mentioned, this is a lesson to all of us.
i've spent the morning locating, testing extinguishers & evaluating my fire plans.
(not only in my garage, but the entire house.)
.......I gave myself a D-.

I realize now, there are a LOT of extinguisher makes and sizes out there to choose from & where you place them is critical.
(it took me 5 minutes to find my kitchen extinguisher......& then the pressure was low)

Fwiw: i found this rating site on "best " fire extinguisher.
https://thoroughlyreviewed.com/tools/best-fire-extinguisher/

i'm going with:
Kidde pro210. 4lbs. 2ea. $39. Ea on Amazon
kidde 466204. 10lbs 2ea. $50. Ea. On amazon

i'm with Rut.......size matters.

Best regards
 
Guy,
Theres nothing like a scary and potentially deadly event to clear your head! Gone are the thoughts of 'this can't happen to me'. I not only replaced and upgraded my fire extinguishers, I replaced and upgraded my hard wired smoke detectors to new smoke/CO detectors in my house Friday morning. My wife and I decided to do away with the pool and I can now build a shop/garage of approximately 24x40 with a lift and dedicated wiring for the compressor, welder, etc. I'll only get 1 shot at this, so I'll start a different topic requesting ideas for a shop.
Thanks, Rut
 
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