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Barnes · 12-23-2007, 01:51 PM

Sooooo, we moved into our brand new house on the 28th. Everything's good. Last night we had some people over for a little Christmas party and at about 8:00 it was getting a little chilly in the house so I turned up the thermostat.

All of a sudden it smelled like camp fire and the the house filled with smoke. Everyone rushed around opening up windows and looking for the source of the smoke. I went downstairs and figured that the sawdust I have been too lazy to sweep up was getting sucked into the furnace and burned.

We checked all the panels of the furnace and it looked clean. I went back up and fired up the furnace and went back down to the basement and saw burning embers flying out of the little holes in the duct work in the ceiling. I shut the furnace down right away and we start to think what could be in there and where to look. I pull off the little plastic plug nearest to the furnace and shine a light in. I could see something that looked like sanding drum or a roll of tape sitting on top of the burner plates.

We cut open a hole and I reach in and grab it. It's a cardboard tape roll. The only problem is it's not even burned a little. I look a little closer and see a piece of wood wedged down right between two of the burners. We had to cut a bigger hole and I pulled out a 8" by 8" piece of laminated beam that was charred and burnt like the flame was right on it.

I am so angry right now. The furnace and duct work was cleaned on the 21st.

We were so lucky we were home. We have a 9 week old puppy and she could have died had this happened while we were at work or our house could have burned to the ground. What if we were sleeping when this happened? My fiance doesn't feel safe anymore in our brand new house. We had two small children here last night who were sleeping upstairs.

The whole house and everything in it stinks like smoke. I am cleaning everything in the house right now. Does anyone have any tips on what to do to quickly get rid of the smell? And yes I will be contacting the builder and furnace company asap but I gotta get rid of the smell.

12-23-2007, 01:51 PM	#1
Barnes Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Violating Copyrights Exp:	New Homeowner Help/Cleaning up after the fire. Sooooo, we moved into our brand new house on the 28th. Everything's good. Last night we had some people over for a little Christmas party and at about 8:00 it was getting a little chilly in the house so I turned up the thermostat. All of a sudden it smelled like camp fire and the the house filled with smoke. Everyone rushed around opening up windows and looking for the source of the smoke. I went downstairs and figured that the sawdust I have been too lazy to sweep up was getting sucked into the furnace and burned. We checked all the panels of the furnace and it looked clean. I went back up and fired up the furnace and went back down to the basement and saw burning embers flying out of the little holes in the duct work in the ceiling. I shut the furnace down right away and we start to think what could be in there and where to look. I pull off the little plastic plug nearest to the furnace and shine a light in. I could see something that looked like sanding drum or a roll of tape sitting on top of the burner plates. We cut open a hole and I reach in and grab it. It's a cardboard tape roll. The only problem is it's not even burned a little. I look a little closer and see a piece of wood wedged down right between two of the burners. We had to cut a bigger hole and I pulled out a 8" by 8" piece of laminated beam that was charred and burnt like the flame was right on it. I am so angry right now. The furnace and duct work was cleaned on the 21st. We were so lucky we were home. We have a 9 week old puppy and she could have died had this happened while we were at work or our house could have burned to the ground. What if we were sleeping when this happened? My fiance doesn't feel safe anymore in our brand new house. We had two small children here last night who were sleeping upstairs. The whole house and everything in it stinks like smoke. I am cleaning everything in the house right now. Does anyone have any tips on what to do to quickly get rid of the smell? And yes I will be contacting the builder and furnace company asap but I gotta get rid of the smell.