Police raid local homebrewer
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 03:57 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 04:24 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 04:24 PM
#4
Posted 23 February 2012 - 04:26 PM
I suspect most will feel this way until the day you pull dead, charred bodies out of apartment buildings.That's bullshit.
#5
Posted 23 February 2012 - 04:33 PM
No, I hear you on that point. (However I don't see why it's a bigger hazard stored inside than outside.)What's BS is the guy diming him out like that.I suspect most will feel this way until the day you pull dead, charred bodies out of apartment buildings.
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 04:56 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:04 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:15 PM
So a good friend of mine and amazing homebrewer (registered here, but hasn't posted yet) called me the other day to tell me about how the police and fire depts raided his apartment the other day. They went through all his stuff without him being informed and eventually confiscated 2 propane tanks. He got them back, but was informed that they aren't to be stored inside. So he has to leave them outside of his sketchy apartment complex for anyone to just jack. I get that it is a fire hazard. The maintenance guy has been up his ass about using the burner too close to the building and was the one who called the cops. He told them that my friend was making meth. Pretty bullshit if you ask me. If the property management thought that there was any sort of problem they should have done their own checking first before raiding someone's living space.
Where did you read anything like that in the OP?
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:23 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:28 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:33 PM
Confined space, ect. I would imagine this is a DOT violation.I can see I'm not going to win this one. But I do want to ask a question in all seriosity. Why is a propane tank in a house more likely to assplode than one outside?
#12
Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:38 PM
Dunno, I did say imagine. Just guessing. I always see propane tanks outside where they are being sold. Common sense, liability, or regulations.Department of Transportation rules apply to non-mobile buildings?
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:43 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:45 PM
When I had them it was always outside. NG with a valve outside is nice.Not that I use it for brewing.Well I guess I need to get mine out of my garage then.
#15
Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:55 PM
When FD shows up, the garage and the porch are expected places for these. Not inside trying to put out a fire or participating in other fire ground activities. Its never happened to me, but I've seen plenty of video and heard war stories of these tanks venting and igniting in a room where FD is working. Not pretty. How close burners, grills, or any other outside cooking equipment to buildings is up to your local ordinance. Im my city, its not allowed in, near, on decks etc. As far as Weave's comment about FD and PD and their professionalism, they get a call, they respond. And obviously after a investigation he got his tanks back with some advice. And no mention of a ticket. How is that unprofessional?Well I guess I need to get mine out of my garage then.
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 07:01 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 07:19 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 08:41 PM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 08:44 PM
Yeah, it shouldn't be inside. But how about this... I have friends in Manhattan in high rises with little patios outside their apartments who have a grill and tanks right out there. Yeah, it is outside, but is it really that far out that it is more safe than just inside the doorway?Storing propane indoors, esp in an apartment complex is not smart. Endangering others, as well as himself.If that's an example of his thought process...I think he's lucky they didn't cite him for fire code infraction and toss him from the building.I think the janitor is a dick, too.
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Posted 24 February 2012 - 05:17 AM
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