Open Mechanicals

[KJLhoxtrot]

this thread is goibg nowhere because we get an odd question without a photo. my crystle ball is a lttle bit foggy and i can't see what it looks like. i just had a shoe repair guy tell me how can i tell you i can fix it, if i don't see it. so here unseen, the answers fly all over the place. buy yet we have no photo to look at. he probable didn't take one. mystic answers for a vague situation.

It’s not an odd question. A furnace and water heater in the main level hallway, without an enclosure.
And yea it’s an appraisal discussion, answers are always going to fly all over the place.

Why even respond to this thread?
Ive noticed on this forum that 90% of people on here are nice and helpful, or at least try to be. But there’s always that one guy who’s gotta be a d*%#. Some tough guy who can’t help himself when hiding behind his computer. Prolly a little mouse in person, but give him a key board and he turns into a bully, like a 14 year old girl on Facebook.
Thanks for your help Thome.

 

[Dublin ohio]

The basement isn’t the main level hallway.

No kidding. The point being is if furnaces and water heaters are a "safety" hazard. Why are they not protected by an enclosure in a basement situation. I can't count the number of times I have seen an unfinished basement used as a play area for kids. What exactly is it about a furnace or water heater that you would consider a "safety" hazard.

 

[Mark K]

"For an FHA appraisal my lane is to point out safety hazards. You guys keep comparing this to a basement or utility room or garage… if the mechanicals were in either one of those areas, I wouldn’t have posted the question. This is a Main Level Hallway to the beds/baths. Something you walk through 20 times a day. And no, I don’t think I’d want my toddler playing in the utility room, or near the mechanicals in the basement or garage. But id be aware if they were. The hallway is different. It needs an enclosure."

In what scenario do you envision a toddler harming themselves by playing near a furnace or water heater? Exactly how would they get hurt?

Guaranteed there are a lot more toddlers injured or killed by playing with or ingesting chemicals from under a kitchen or bathroom sink. Do you also require child-proof locks on cabinet doors? If no, why not? A toddler could hurt themselves. Do you require a door to the basement stairs? Again, if no, why not? Kids could fall down the stairs. How about childproof electrical outlets?

Your lane doesn't include making a house childproof even if you want to stretch it and claim 'safety hazard'.

 

[Dublin ohio]

It’s not an odd question. A furnace and water heater in the main level hallway, without an enclosure.
And yea it’s an appraisal discussion, answers are always going to fly all over the place.

Why even respond to this thread?
Ive noticed on this forum that 90% of people on here are nice and helpful, or at least try to be. But there’s always that one guy who’s gotta be a d*%#. Some tough guy who can’t help himself when hiding behind his computer. Prolly a little mouse in person, but give him a key board and he turns into a bully, like a 14 year old girl on Facebook.
Thanks for your help Thome.

Seems like you use the Fernando method of threads. You have already made up your mind before you post the thread and are just coming here for confirmation of a decision you have already made. JMO

 

[Tom D]

please, no more disagreeing with the poster's conclsion that was derived before being posted.
i guess i'm mean, like you said, because most here have given you a different answer to the answer you want to hear.
of course no photo of your great safety concern.
but you go on your passive attacks with not accepting the answer over and over again.
anybody notice any other posters to keep threads going with passive aggressive non accepting responses.
although, i did find the question originally interesting and poster's responses well made.