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Contact your local fire station, they may even come out and advise. They do in our area.
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Happy Easter, people..! I'd like some collective advice regarding fire extinguishers in the workshop, please.. Combustibles run through wooden battens and framing, through to various cans of volatile paints/oils and petrol etc plus some motorbikes and lawnmowers. Sizes, types and where to buy from would be great please.  Have a chat to your local fire brigade. Between fires they have nothing interesting to do and so will likely send someone up to advise. And unlike me, they will have had experience of using fire extinguishers and know which ones will work on the combustibles you have
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The bucket brigade cause more problems than they solve, unfortunately. They are honed into certification and regulation, and as it's my hobby workshop at the end of my garden and not another Grenfell Tower, I'm happy with an extinguisher..!!!
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That's my thought too. Get the firebrigade out and you are likely to be told that you are in contravention of some regulation or other.
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We had the brigade out a few years back for their house check. They went through the house and gave us some good advice. The senior man there said the chip pan was the most dangerous and we should think of getting a fat-free one. He then said that off the record that he used a chip pan because the chips taste much better!
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Co2 for me every time, you can use multiple bursts to extinguish re ignited fires, it makes no mess, it may asphyxiate you but not as quick as the fumes from the fire! Keep it by the door - that's where you want to be headed when you are going to get it. If you have a smallish shed then cut a hole in the wall big enough for the funnel and plug it off, then you can get out, shove the funnel through the hole and fill the entire shed with co2 - as long as no one remains inside. It will extinguish fires in cavities, engine bays, dust collectors, flues, chimneys and other spaces where you can't see inside, very quickly. On fires fuelled by wood, rags etc. you can keep it by you while shovelling the embers up and use it again if needs be.
You can even use it to freeze a bearing when preparing for a shrink fit. Oh, and it is very eco friendly - no nasty chemicals.
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I am a great fan of C02 fire extinguishers. The work on everything, are safe with electricity, and don't leave a mess.
The only other alternative if there is electrical equipment around is powder. It costs less but if ever you have to use it it makes a dreadful mess. But make sure you know how to activate it and use it (where to hold it...)
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