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Washers that have an onboard chemi-
cal tank may require the use or a lean-
ing solution mixed at a specific ratio. If
you drop two or three cleaning packets
into that tank instead of one it doesn't
just waste cleaner --it will also gum up
your equipment.
Danger in the Walls
I bought a 100 -year -old house,
and I want to Insulate the exterior
walls and install new drywall
throughout. We plan to use blown -in
; :ellulose. Qoes insulation add
re- stopping protection as well? As
Far as 1 can tell, there's no fire
blocking inside the walls.
It`s quite possible that your ho,:se lacks
fire blocking— pieces of lumber nailed
horizontally into a wall cav ty to stop
the spread of superheated ar, souks
and combustion gases th. race up
through a wall cavity durin7. a Ire. With-
out this blocking, a tall exterior well
cavity that Is not interrupted by win-
dow or door framing becomes, in effect,
a chimney with a powerful upward
draft. the unchecked spread of fire is
more likely in balloon•frame structures
in which long, uninterrupted wa`I studs
run from the foundation sill :o the
eaves. Balloon framing wa :TIE pre-
ferred construction method std ng in
the 1830s and was used :snt,i the
1950s, when it was reolacec by the
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WeDidn't Start the Fire- Sprinkler Mandate
About 3000 Ameri-
cans die in house
fires every year.
Beginning in January
2012, a change to the
international Residen-
tia. Code (IRC) aims to
reduce that number by
ma king fire sprinklers
rntr.datory in all new
sir:gie- family resi-
dences. Sounds good,
but home- building
lot b:es from Texas to
Geargia have defied
what they call an
irr2 radical, expensive
canvir:c'n g
'e €?c a: ars to pas
b:; ; s overding the
:.;1.r2ment.
'':i a're not against
fire spdn-
--as a voluntary
z s e," says Steven
o elk'. program man -
?a ` construction,
hi i 90 standards at
t,. National Associa-
d of Home Builders
U "A building code
p? ;4as the minimum
s ai ice between cost,
and welfare. You
co everything to
=iegree anci get
t -nrsf cafe!-.,
for sprinkler manufac-
turers to make money is
to focus on mandates.
Otherwise, they're not
financially feasible."
Maria Figueroa, of
the National Fire Protec-
tion Association (NFPA),
turns that argument
back on the builders,
saying their reluctance
to embrace expanded
rules is driven by a
desire to sell houses -
"Protecting lives should
be a priority over prof-
its," she says.
The California Build -
ndustr4y ASSOc atkjn
c szimates rink!=.: _ Will
ado aou _ ;..^GC : the
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Jayson Crake says.
Insurance discounts
of about 10 percent a
month also chip away
at the price, according
to Jim Lindahl, a State
Farm agent in Min-
netonka, Minn. "With
sprink;ers, the cost and
' /ciu;ne ni the claims go
town, and the severity
of the claims go down.
When we get to a house
that has sprinklers, the
damage :5 so much
less; he says.
The Fre survival rate
in hors es with working,
sr nok- cetectors �s
G�1 c- reent, accord -
, to :r:._ NFPA Toss In
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