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  2. Extreme cold: Why is my house cracking and popping in ...

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    Bitter cold weather can make your home do strange things. Here's why your house is popping and what you can do to prevent frozen pipes.

  3. Extreme cold: Why your house is popping and how to prevent ...

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    Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2019. We are republishing it as part of our winter coverage. Bitter-cold temperatures can make your home do strange things in the winter months.

  4. Crackling noise - Wikipedia

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    Further research into crackling noise was done in the late 1940s by Charles Francis Richter and Beno Gutenberg who examined earthquakes analytically. Before the invention of the well-known Richter scale, the Mercalli intensity scale was used; this is a subjective measurement of how damaging an earthquake was to property, i.e. II would be small vibrations and objects moving, while XII would be ...

  5. Is It Safe To Burn a Backyard Fire Pit Once a Week? - AOL

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    Fire pits that are gas fired (meaning they use compressed natural gas or propane for fuel) tend to be safer alternatives to wood-burning fire pits as long as the unit is operating properly ...

  6. Fireplace - Wikipedia

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    A fire is contained in a firebox or fire pit; a chimney or other flue allows exhaust gas to escape. A fireplace may have the following: a foundation, a hearth, a firebox, a mantel , a chimney crane (used in kitchen and laundry fireplaces), a grate, a lintel , a lintel bar, an overmantel , a damper , a smoke chamber, a throat, a flue, and a ...

  7. Manual fire alarm activation - Wikipedia

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    Turning the switch one way causes the notification appliances to sound continuous (or in the case of single-stroke bells, ding once). Turning it the other way and then activating the pull allows a silent test to be done in which the station's mechanical parts are checked to ensure proper function.

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  9. Fire brick - Wikipedia

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    In the making of firebrick, fire clay is fired in the kiln until it is partly vitrified.For special purposes, the brick may also be glazed. There are two standard sizes of fire brick: 229 mm × 114 mm × 76 mm (9 in × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 3 in) and 229 mm × 114 mm × 64 mm (9 in × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [2]