"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 20:05:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>>
>>"Gary" > wrote in message
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>>> Picture this. Fire breaks out in the Bove mansion one night. Husband
>>> and wife run out of doors and escape. Daughter is trapped in bedroom
>>> and can't get out of the raccoon-proof window coverings. Husband and
>>> wife stand outside of house engulfed in flames, listening to
>>> daughter's last terrified screams. Fix your house, Julie. Be
>>> prepared. You never know....
>>
>>We did have a fire and we all got out, but the Fire Dept. had to force my
>>husband out because he didn't believe that it was a fire.
>
> Why didn't he believe there was a fire - what sort of fire was it?

*sigh* I don't know why he didn't believe. I don't speak for him. I still
have proof of the blackened insulation. A ballast burned, the insulation
began smoldering. This was in the laundry room. I was walking through
there to take the trash out when I saw the smoke, smelled the fire and saw
something black dripping down into the light fixture. Both it and the cover
to the light had to be replaced. I saw it just in time before any real
damage occurred.
>
>>And how would
>>opening an exterior door keep the smoke out of the room?
>
> Depends on the situation, opening a door could make it better... or
> worse.
>
>>None of our
>>interior doors are ever shut and in fact many will not even shut
>>because...I
>>don't know why.
>
> Yep...
>
>>Improper installation or something out of what.
>
> I can understand one door having a problem - but many of them??
> The doors must either have been hung incorrectly, or the door frames
> are out of square. If the latter... you have serious problems.

The doors to my room and bathroom will shut. They are pocket doors. I just
never do shut them unless I am getting dressed or taking a shower and
someone is out in the yard. Because that window is up so high and I keep
the shade almost all the way down, it wouldn't be likely to see me through
there but I only have sheers on two windows in this room so I might possibly
give a peep show if I didn't.

The other two bedrooms, bathroom and laundry room door will not stay shut.
You can shut them but they pop right open again.