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#1
Posted April 09 2016 - 07:33 AM
I'm interested in your thoughts and more so any experience if you've built a similar design.
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#3
Posted April 09 2016 - 07:51 AM
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#4
Posted April 09 2016 - 07:55 AM
From personal experience, I had a fire in a 55 gallon drum ,covered with a top made for it. A neighbor called because they saw smoke, The FD showed up with a full regalia of apparatus and huffed and puffed and blew out my wee little fire. Now I just wait till I get up state so I can sit and relax and enjoy.
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#5
Posted April 09 2016 - 08:06 AM
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It has no bearing on me ,but I just happened to be at a meeting and a fire commissioner was there and was asked the legality of patio fires, in store bought containers. The answer was surprising. Any open burning is illegal in Brookhaven, if you have one of those store bought fire pits or chimineas , AND your neighbors complain about the smoke, the FD will come and extinguish the fire.
From personal experience, I had a fire in a 55 gallon drum ,covered with a top made for it. A neighbor called because they saw smoke, The FD showed up with a full regalia of apparatus and huffed and puffed and blew out my wee little fire. Now I just wait till I get up state so I can sit and relax and enjoy.
did brookhaven make corruption illegal yet ?
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#6
Posted April 09 2016 - 08:14 AM
#7
Posted April 09 2016 - 08:41 AM
#8
Posted April 09 2016 - 08:47 AM
It has no bearing on me ,but I just happened to be at a meeting and a fire commissioner was there and was asked the legality of patio fires, in store bought containers. The answer was surprising. Any open burning is illegal in Brookhaven, if you have one of those store bought fire pits or chimineas , AND your neighbors complain about the smoke, the FD will come and extinguish the fire.
From personal experience, I had a fire in a 55 gallon drum ,covered with a top made for it. A neighbor called because they saw smoke, The FD showed up with a full regalia of apparatus and huffed and puffed and blew out my wee little fire. Now I just wait till I get up state so I can sit and relax and enjoy.
Really? Is that same fire still a problem if it's in a Weber kettle grill with a steak on top of it? Have they banned BBQs in Brookhaven town too? And if BBQs are still OK, can I toss a few charcoal briquets into my fire pit to stay legal while my kids are roasting marshmallows? What a bunch of nonsense.
I regularly remind myself how unbelievably lucky I am to have really, really good neighbors.
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#9
Posted April 09 2016 - 08:50 AM
#12
Posted April 09 2016 - 09:04 AM
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#14
Posted April 09 2016 - 10:17 AM
You may want to check into that, open burning is Legal until someone complainsIt has no bearing on me ,but I just happened to be at a meeting and a fire commissioner was there and was asked the legality of patio fires, in store bought containers. The answer was surprising. Any open burning is illegal in Brookhaven, if you have one of those store bought fire pits or chimineas , AND your neighbors complain about the smoke, the FD will come and extinguish the fire.
From personal experience, I had a fire in a 55 gallon drum ,covered with a top made for it. A neighbor called because they saw smoke, The FD showed up with a full regalia of apparatus and huffed and puffed and blew out my wee little fire. Now I just wait till I get up state so I can sit and relax and enjoy.
#15
Posted April 09 2016 - 10:25 AM
Learn how to say," This is private property. There is no fire but my BBQ. You are trespassing. Go away or I'll call the police."It has no bearing on me ,but I just happened to be at a meeting and a fire commissioner was there and was asked the legality of patio fires, in store bought containers. The answer was surprising. Any open burning is illegal in Brookhaven, if you have one of those store bought fire pits or chimineas , AND your neighbors complain about the smoke, the FD will come and extinguish the fire.
From personal experience, I had a fire in a 55 gallon drum ,covered with a top made for it. A neighbor called because they saw smoke, The FD showed up with a full regalia of apparatus and huffed and puffed and blew out my wee little fire. Now I just wait till I get up state so I can sit and relax and enjoy.
It's most likely what people are burning. green wet wood smokes.Looking to make a taller thinner fire pit rather than the wider open pit. Agree more oxygen equates to hotter, quicker burn with less smoke. I'm looking for this and can cover the vents on the outside to regulate air intake. I was even thinking of using piping closer to the bottom with grates to prevent clogging as a possible design.
Look at a wood stove. the idea is to comntrol the amount of oxygen you allow in so the fire burns longer.
Most people burn green or wet wood. The onkly way to lower the smoke of that is to burn it hot and fast.
get better wood. Keep it dry and you shouldn't have a problem.
I hate this liberal sinkhole.Build your fire pit and have a grate close by with pack of both dogs and a tong. Anyone complains just say you are BBQing.
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#16
Posted April 09 2016 - 10:29 AM
I've been looking at the store bought kits & the do-it-yourself ideas. Saw this one recently on Facebook: https://www.facebook...33/?pnref=story
I'm not sure of the cost of this vs a store bought kit.
On a different note, I'm here in Levittown & have seen some a******s with big fires. My old neighbor behind me (he's since moved out) used to build fires that had flames 8'-10' tall, about 10' from his house too. His fire pit was less than 2' high.
One night, our upstairs smoke alarms went off at around 3:00 am. Not a false alarm. My wife & I were going nuts, checking to see where the fire was & getting the kids out of the house. Couldn't find the source...until we looked out an upstairs window & saw that the neighbors bonfire had reignited after he went in for the night. Smoke drifted right over to us & set off all our alarms.
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#17
Posted April 09 2016 - 10:31 AM
#18
Posted April 09 2016 - 10:32 AM
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I blocked out the human with the hose. Note how far from burn barrel. Spread faster than you would ever imagine. Very bad scene.
Keep any fire pit contained (and covered if you can with mesh).
Nothing like a nice fire...until you're standing in the middle of it..
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#19
Posted April 09 2016 - 11:07 AM
I hear it's in committee.....LOLdid brookhaven make corruption illegal yet ?
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#20
Posted April 09 2016 - 11:53 AM
It has no bearing on me ,but I just happened to be at a meeting and a fire commissioner was there and was asked the legality of patio fires, in store bought containers. The answer was surprising. Any open burning is illegal in Brookhaven, if you have one of those store bought fire pits or chimineas , AND your neighbors complain about the smoke, the FD will come and extinguish the fire.
From personal experience, I had a fire in a 55 gallon drum ,covered with a top made for it. A neighbor called because they saw smoke, The FD showed up with a full regalia of apparatus and huffed and puffed and blew out my wee little fire. Now I just wait till I get up state so I can sit and relax and enjoy.
I live in the town of Brookhaven and have a fire pit. I had a pain in the butt neighbor once who didn't like it so he called the town to complain and made up a story about me burning garbage in it. The town came down and checked it out. They said I was fine and it was legal since I was only burning wood and had a source of water not far away.
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