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None whatsoever. Fire investigator needs to go through it. Then the insurance investigator. I am not allowed to enter the building (unsafe) or touch anything until the investigations are complete. So I get to stare at it for weeks. More salt in the wound.
None whatsoever. Fire investigator needs to go through it. Then the insurance investigator. I am not allowed to enter the building (unsafe) or touch anything until the investigations are complete. So I get to stare at it for weeks. More salt in the wound.
Claim it is a hazard on your property, (it is....) and that it needs to be cleaned up in short order.
MIG welding gas. It's inert. Non flammable. Safe, right? To the left is my two week old "shorty" MIG bottle resting against my toolbox. When all 1500 psi of compressed gas got hot enough, the bottle ruptured. It went THROUGH MY MOTORCYCLE LIFT (with a motorcycle on it), and hit my toolbox hard enough to bend all the drawers inward before coming to a rest. Ok, then...
The motorcycle that was on the lift is visible, but upside down. Non of the lift can be discerned. Keep in mind this is all from outside the building as I am not allowed inside (structure has been compromised) until the investigation has been completed.
Be glad you didn't have oxy/acetylene in there.......
But yep. Highly compressed gas makes a great rocket motor. I think the bottles are rated for temps up to like 140 degrees.... but, in a fire? Yeah, WAY past that benchmark.
My baja had aluminum bead lock rims on it. Every corner is sitting on the brake rotors - no sign of the rims. Aluminum melts at 1200 degrees F. Even if I can salvage any hand tools the temper in the steel will be altered and the strength reduced. It is highly likely that the concrete floor will not be salvageable. Keeping my fingers crossed that the stem wall can be used to rebuild on. The upper I beam on my gantry crane melted as well. Yeah, I have been staring at it for way too long.
My baja had aluminum bead lock rims on it. Every corner is sitting on the brake rotors - no sign of the rims. Aluminum melts at 1200 degrees F. Even if I can salvage any hand tools the temper in the steel will be altered and the strength reduced. It is highly likely that the concrete floor will not be salvageable. Keeping my fingers crossed that the stem wall can be used to rebuild on. The upper I beam on my gantry crane melted as well. Yeah, I have been staring at it for way too long.
Holy smokes, it got HOT in there....
Theoretically, wood burns at around 1100 degrees...... add a breeze, and it gets hotter. Yeah, your tools are likely wasted.
