Members techristian Posted September 21, 2010 Members Share Posted September 21, 2010 Apparently , it is very dangerous. The couch will start on fire. This has been banned in a few cities including Ann Arbor Michigan. I can also imagine this as an excuse for an insurance company not paying. http://www.michigandaily.com/content/a2-city-council-passes-couch-ban-ordinance Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 21, 2010 Members Share Posted September 21, 2010 There are two kinds of people in this world... It is very dangerous. Why is it more dangerous than having a couch inside your house? If a fire starts in the couch inside your house (and you have a sense of smell or a smoke detector) you will likely know it and can call the FD, get out or put out the fire yourself (first call the FD) and damage will likely be pretty limited. But if a fire starts in the couch outside your wood frame house -- let's say you were out enjoying the evening after dinner, catching a quick cigarette and a smoldering bit went between the cushions where it might take hours for a full on fire to catch -- the fire can spread to across the outside of your structure before you are even aware of it, potentially making exit very dangerous. And -- for sure -- people who have a couch on their front or back porch should not make an enemy of the neighborhood sociopath. That said... I used to love to sleep outside at night on the beat up old couch behind my front neighbor's apartment. This wasn't the country, by a stretch -- it was mid-urban Long Beach and my tiny house got burglarized a couple times -- but I was pretty fearless then. And something about being outside was actually reassuring, somehow. (Not quite sure how. Looking back t doesn't seem all that reassuring, even with the bowie knife I typically had at hand. But I've seen a lot since then. Back then, kids on the block didn't even have zip guns let alone Mac 10s.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted September 21, 2010 Members Share Posted September 21, 2010 I keep seeing the title on this thread as "Do you have a cooch on your pooch?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 22, 2010 Members Share Posted September 22, 2010 I'm not sure that could possibly be as dirty as it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted September 22, 2010 Members Share Posted September 22, 2010 Yes, the title of this thread will inspire many parody threads I think.. I will refrain. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted September 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 22, 2010 Well I hope the info saves a few lives. Do you know how many people have enclosed porches with couches?..............LOTS ! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted September 22, 2010 Members Share Posted September 22, 2010 I saw a couch on the porch of a house in the NJ Pine Barrens on the way to the Beach yesterday....Their was also a broken washing machine on the front lawn, a rusty pick-up truck on blocks in the driveway, and a planter made of a triangular cut, old tire. The House was on wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted September 22, 2010 Members Share Posted September 22, 2010 My porch is not large enough to have a couch on it, so no. We'd have to climb over the couch to get through the front door. This is a poll, right? Or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 Even if it wasn't a fire hazard, won't it attract bugs and dust? I wouldn't sit down on that. Nothing wrong with outdoor furniture. But then again, that's what rattan is for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members offramp Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 I keep seeing the title on this thread as "Do you have a cooch on your pooch?". And one that's likely to catch FIRE baby! Whooohooo! "If you have a cooch on your front porch it WILL catch on fire." Now, see... those are odds I can deal with. I've known a few people who had couches on their porches. Houses are still standing. In fact, most of the college housing section of Boulder has couches on porches. Still there. Drove through there just last week, even. Must be a Canadian thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 What if there's a stained ceramic sink on top of the porch couch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 Well I hope the info saves a few lives. Do you know how many people have enclosed porches with couches?..............LOTS ! Dan Yeah... I was rolling that around in my head. Normally when I think about an upholstered couch on a porch, patio, or 'outdoor room' I just think about the rain/humidity angle. (Thinking back to the mildew that slowly but surely invaded and pervaded that beloved, raggedy old couch behind my neighbor's house. Of course, it wasn't even covered. The persistent dampness may have been the only thing keeping it from spontaneously combusting. ) But, yeah... after I read this I thought, man, you could really be in trouble if you were out on the enclosed patio smoking an evening cigarette, dropped a cherry into the couch, didn't notice it and then went to bed... If it was inside you'd hopefully smell the fire and get ahead of it but... I once saw a couch catch fire maybe 3-4 hours after someone was sitting, smoking on it. They were smoking something messy. So that may have been part of why no earlier signs were noticed, but I think the party had drifted to another part of the house, as well. Happily, the still-only-smoldering fire was extinguished with a couple of pitchers of water, but it was a real wake up. Doesn't Ken have a couch on the cool 'outdoor room' back patio that I saw in one of his pictures? (In the studio pics thread, I think.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 What if there's a stained ceramic sink on top of the porch couch? Well then, you're safe, so long as you keep the sink filled with water so you can put out the inevitable couch fire. 'Course, then you have the very dangerous mosquitoes that are likely to breed in the sink. Man, it's a nasty world out there on your porch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timrocker Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 Well then, you're safe, so long as you keep the sink filled with water so you can put out the inevitable couch fire. 'Course, then you have the very dangerous mosquitoes that are likely to breed in the sink. Man, it's a nasty world out there on your porch. ROFL!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 Well then, you're safe, so long as you keep the sink filled with water so you can put out the inevitable couch fire.'Course, then you have the very dangerous mosquitoes that are likely to breed in the sink. Man, it's a nasty world out there on your porch.The smoke from the smoldering couch will drive away the mosquitos after they leave the larval stage... It's nature's way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 I thought this was a Jeff Foxworthy "You Might Be A Redneck" question.... (-; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 For that sake, just ban whatever can catch fire on a porch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 The smoke from the smoldering couch will drive away the mosquitos after they leave the larval stage... It's nature's way. Damn, why didn't I think of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members offramp Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 For that sake, just ban whatever can catch fire on a porch. Aw geez... now we're gonna hafta ban PORCHES! Those WILL catch fire if someone leaves a couch on them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 For that sake, just ban whatever can catch fire on a porch. With a little bit of ingenuity, can't just about anything catch fire on a porch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members UstadKhanAli Posted September 23, 2010 Members Share Posted September 23, 2010 Well I hope the info saves a few lives. Do you know how many people have enclosed porches with couches?..............LOTS !Dan Oh, GAWD, it already has!!!!! I've taken all my couches off my porch already!!!! There's no sense having those dangerous things on my porch!!! And I've thrown out the couch inside my living room, too! I mean, jeeeeez, if it's that dangerous outside the house, just think what could happen INSIDE! I mean, there's smoke inhalation to consider inside!! And those flames! I hear those flames can be dangerous! You may have saved lives just from bringing this to people's attention. Have you considered starting a non-profit organization? Let's ban all couches!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Sofa, Sogood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phaeton Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 JEEBUS {censored}, MAN!!!!! This couch has clearly caught fire even though there is no porch nearby!! Has the road also influenced the inflammability of the couch? We better be sure to water the front yard, because it touches both the porch AND the road!! In fact, I say we soak the sidewalk just for good measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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