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		It's that time of year again: Man burns down house trying to melt ice with blowtorch (denverpost.com)		45
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Sybarite

2011-12-09 10:37:03 AM

Watch out, you might get what you're after.

gopher321

2011-12-09 10:42:53 AM

In Denver too. You'd think the idiots would have been weeded out by now.

Pud

2011-12-09 10:46:48 AM

gopher321: In Denver too. You'd think the idiots would have been weeded out by now.

They keep importing new ones.

cgraves67

2011-12-09 11:50:09 AM

I've used a hairdryer to melt an ice blockage in my water pipes. The house still stands.

King Something

2011-12-09 11:50:13 AM

AverageAmericanGuy

2011-12-09 11:50:23 AM

If you need to melt the ice, a blowtorch doesn't seem like the least efficient way.

Trance750

2011-12-09 11:51:08 AM

This sounds like something you'd see Clark W. Griswald do

Trance750

2011-12-09 11:53:05 AM

Pud: gopher321: In Denver too. You'd think the idiots would have been weeded out by now.

They keep importing new ones.

Who goes to Denver, on their own free will?

uncoveror

2011-12-09 11:53:32 AM

Since this is in the news at least 20 times every winter, you would think people would have learned by now to use a hair dryer. You only need to heat the water to 33, not boil it, and copper pipes will conduct that heat right into the wood in your walls even if the flame never touches wood. I guess there is just no teaching the American idiot.

BurnShrike

2011-12-09 11:53:44 AM

Only suckers clear ice/snow manually. I use napalm on my driveway.

www.combatreform.org

Station

2011-12-09 11:53:57 AM

offmymeds

2011-12-09 11:54:00 AM

Pud: gopher321: In Denver too. You'd think the idiots would have been weeded out by now.

They keep importing new ones.

They move down to Torrance County in NM.

Loaf's Tray

2011-12-09 11:55:44 AM

The funny part to me is that the guy wasn't even thawing pipes - he was melting ice on a walkway OUTSIDE and (presumably) set the siding on fire...that just seems particularly "ARISTOCRATS!" to me somehow...

ThisNameSux

2011-12-09 11:55:58 AM

Obscure?

hosalabad

2011-12-09 11:56:58 AM

uncoveror: Since this is in the news at least 20 times every winter, you would think people would have learned by now to use a hair dryer. You only need to heat the water to 33, not boil it, and copper pipes will conduct that heat right into the wood in your walls even if the flame never touches wood. I guess there is just no teaching the American idiot.

Are you crazy, and use a hair dryer outdoors with a cord on the wet ground?

Inigo

2011-12-09 11:58:03 AM

He was trying to weld it.

jfbnr24

2011-12-09 12:02:05 PM

Having just moved to Denver area from California and experiencing my first real winter, I think I might be tempted to use any means possible to get this snow/ice off the ground. It's only been here a week but I'm tired of it already!

Trance750

2011-12-09 12:03:37 PM

jfbnr24: Having just moved to Denver area from California and experiencing my first real winter, I think I might be tempted to use any means possible to get this snow/ice off the ground. It's only been here a week but I'm tired of it already!

Get used to it. My 'ol man used to go to Denver a lot on business and he said Denver has two seasons: Cold and damned cold

BigNumber12

2011-12-09 12:10:52 PM

gopher321: In Denver too. You'd think the idiots would have been weeded out by now.

"Native" Coloradans are a lot less winter-savvy than they make themselves out to be. The Metro Area gets 1" of snow, and suddenly the roads are jammed with accidents where one car slid into the back of another because they didn't adjust their speed or following-distance to account for the possibility of sliding. As a NorCal Import, it's not very impressive to watch, time and time again. Lots of people seem to fall into the "4WD means I can brake twice as effectively!" trap. The rest just don't appear to give it any thought whatsoever, and just count on their vehicle doing what it would do in the middle of July.

Englebert Slaptyback

2011-12-09 12:12:31 PM

Inigo

[pic of Mike and 'bots]

He was trying to weld it.

He should have used gentle pressure.

Frantic Freddie

2011-12-09 12:14:17 PM

offmymeds
They move down to Torrance County in NM.

Bella Vista huh? ;)

It's about time for some urban renewal in Echo Ridge again.

probesport

2011-12-09 12:14:48 PM

Trance750: Pud: gopher321: In Denver too. You'd think the idiots would have been weeded out by now.

They keep importing new ones.

Who goes to Denver, on their own free will?

People looking for things to do when they're dead.

Englebert Slaptyback

2011-12-09 12:14:52 PM

AverageAmericanGuy

If you need to melt the ice, a blowtorch doesn't seem like the least efficient way.

Yes, but set the house on fire and the ice will be gone in no time!

I guess this means he was successful.

probesport

2011-12-09 12:15:34 PM

Sybarite: Watch out, you might get what you're after.

You tried to take this 365 degrees, nice attempt.

brantgoose

2011-12-09 12:17:35 PM

If ice forms on your roof your roof is not properly insulated. Instead of removing ice each year, see if you can get an insulation grant from your from your Friendly Commie Gubbermint, or do the job yourself and end up on Fark for something more interesting than a house fire, falling through the ceiling, for instance.

Insulation will pay for itself in a few years unless your home is a complete dump worth burning down for the sake of the neighbor's property values.

P.S. You might also try to get a subsidy from your neighbors to burn the house down and end up on Fark for that.

Rann Xerox

2011-12-09 12:20:51 PM

Were there a couple of hard pipe-hitting Nubians nearby with a pair of pliers, too?

probesport

2011-12-09 12:22:31 PM

brantgoose: If ice forms on your roof your roof is not properly insulated. Instead of removing ice each year, see if you can get an insulation grant from your from your Friendly Commie Gubbermint, or do the job yourself and end up on Fark for something more interesting than a house fire, falling through the ceiling, for instance.

Insulation will pay for itself in a few years unless your home is a complete dump worth burning down for the sake of the neighbor's property values.

P.S. You might also try to get a subsidy from your neighbors to burn the house down and end up on Fark for that.

You really think that? Or just trolling?

I get ice dams every year on my roof. the reason is the 3.5' overhangs that were common on older homes (Mine built in 1921) - although I have restored the entire house and everything has been insulated you cannot stop the fact that you have these thin, long overhangs that are exposed to weather on nearly all sides.

I've never taken a blowtorch to them as there are much better alternatives but it happens on all the neighboring homes of that era.

offmymeds

2011-12-09 12:23:19 PM

Frantic Freddie: offmymeds
They move down to Torrance County in NM.

Bella Vista huh? ;)

It's about time for some urban renewal in Echo Ridge again.

lol, yeah!

probesport

2011-12-09 12:23:43 PM

Rann Xerox: Were there a couple of hard pipe-hitting Nubians nearby with a pair of pliers, too?

probably not, they were most likely in indo-china sitting in a bowl of rice.

The_Pink_Pimp

2011-12-09 12:27:23 PM

Sweet jebus, who is writing these stories in Denver? FTFA, " The fire that damaged the outside of the home, but firefighters stopped it from spreading inside, according to the agency. "

Is everybody in Denver just Tebowing 24/7 so that even simple sentences must be outsourced to India?

Bonus fail to subby and mods since " The fire that damaged the outside of the home, but firefighters stopped it from spreading inside." does not equal "burns the house down."

watson.t.hamster

2011-12-09 12:28:38 PM

Fresh squeezed water is often hard to get in the winter, but it's totally worth the effort.

Jake Havechek

2011-12-09 12:37:56 PM

BigNumber12: gopher321: In Denver too. You'd think the idiots would have been weeded out by now.

"Native" Coloradans are a lot less winter-savvy than they make themselves out to be. The Metro Area gets 1" of snow, and suddenly the roads are jammed with accidents where one car slid into the back of another because they didn't adjust their speed or following-distance to account for the possibility of sliding. As a NorCal Import, it's not very impressive to watch, time and time again. Lots of people seem to fall into the "4WD means I can brake twice as effectively!" trap. The rest just don't appear to give it any thought whatsoever, and just count on their vehicle doing what it would do in the middle of July.

They don't understand that 4 wheel drive does not help you at all if you have no traction.

Scurvy Dog

2011-12-09 01:01:03 PM

Trance750: This sounds like something you'd see ~~Clark W. Griswald~~ Cousin Eddie do

FTFY

That said, here in Minnesota we have people dragging snowblowers onto roofs - usually at a low enough height where a roof rake would do the job. And yes, they fall and are injured. Better than burning down the house, I suppose.

snowybunting

2011-12-09 01:01:59 PM

Inflatable Rhetoric

2011-12-09 01:04:57 PM

AverageAmericanGuy: If you need to melt the ice, a blowtorch doesn't seem like the least efficient way.

It said a walkway? Isn't that outside, and made of concrete?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom

2011-12-09 01:13:53 PM

Trance750: This sounds like something you'd see Clark W. Griswald do

Jesus Christ, does everything have to be partisan political bullshiat? 19th century no less?

cryinoutloud

2011-12-09 01:14:03 PM

Trance750: Get used to it. My 'ol man used to go to Denver a lot on business and he said Denver has two seasons: Cold and damned cold

Denver? It's like a tropical paradise. It's not even in the mountains.

BigNumber12

2011-12-09 01:48:34 PM

Jake Havechek: They don't understand that 4 wheel drive does not help you at all if you have no traction.

Exactly. Or that your drivetrain type has anything whatsoever to do with the number of wheels you're applying braking to.

BuckTurgidson

2011-12-09 01:50:55 PM

Trance750: jfbnr24: Having just moved to Denver area from California and experiencing my first real winter, I think I might be tempted to use any means possible to get this snow/ice off the ground. It's only been here a week but I'm tired of it already!

Get used to it. My 'ol man used to go to Denver a lot on business and he said Denver has two seasons: Cold and damned cold

Your old man should have tried coming here sometime other than December through February.

Trance750

2011-12-09 01:57:32 PM

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Trance750: This sounds like something you'd see Clark W. Griswald do

Jesus Christ, does everything have to be partisan political bullshiat? 19th century no less?

Does the derp run in your family, or is it just you?

patentguy

2011-12-09 02:13:17 PM

I once watched a guy applying a propane torch to his frozen water pipe on the townhouse next to the one I lived in. Except that the pipe he thought was the frozen water pipe was the natural gas pipe.

I was just a college student and he was a big grown up so he didn't believe me when I told him that was what he was doing until I showed him the same pipe sticking out of his gas meter.

At least he could be sure after that that he didn't have a leak, I guess.

KangTheMad

2011-12-09 02:27:08 PM

patentguy: I once watched a guy applying a propane torch to his frozen water pipe on the townhouse next to the one I lived in. Except that the pipe he thought was the frozen water pipe was the natural gas pipe.

I was just a college student and he was a big grown up so he didn't believe me when I told him that was what he was doing until I showed him the same pipe sticking out of his gas meter.

At least he could be sure after that that he didn't have a leak, I guess.

Oh I don't know about that, I'm sure something leaked, lol

Trance750

2011-12-09 02:39:39 PM

patentguy: I once watched a guy applying a propane torch to his frozen water pipe on the townhouse next to the one I lived in. Except that the pipe he thought was the frozen water pipe was the natural gas pipe.

I was just a college student and he was a big grown up so he didn't believe me when I told him that was what he was doing until I showed him the same pipe sticking out of his gas meter.

At least he could be sure after that that he didn't have a leak, I guess.

You should have just sat back and watched, I would have.

NateAsbestos

2011-12-09 03:24:13 PM

"Hey Jethro, you know we have some salt....?"
"NAH THIS'LL JUST TAKE A SEC!"
"...well I'm gonna get a beer then."

Surool

2011-12-09 05:15:16 PM

Laugh all you want, but he melted the sh*t outta that ice!

Gotta show that ice who's boss or it will walk all over you.

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