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Show Urges Inspection Of Wood Stoves With the increased use of wood burning stoves and free standing fireplaces in Farmington, Farm-ington, there is an increase in fires, due to their improper installation. in-stallation. SOME FIRE insurance companies com-panies will not cover claims for fires which result from wood burning stoves that are not approved by a recognized testing test-ing agency, not installed in accordance with the requirements require-ments of that agency, and not having the installation inspected in-spected by a municipal inspection inspec-tion agency. Anyone who is considering the purchase and installation of a wood burning Move, free standing fireplace, or fireplace insert, should ontact the city building inspector in Farming- ton. Call 451-2383 or 451-2511 for a no-charge installation permit. MANY OF the stoves currently cur-rently on the market are not designed to be installed in corners. cor-ners. If you have questions as to how your stove can be installed, instal-led, please supply the building inspection department in Farmington with the following information: A copy of the manufacturer's brochure on the stove, or the following information from the name plate: Name of manufacturer, manufac-turer, model number and-or model name, the underwriters laboratory (UL) approval number and-or the International Interna-tional Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) approval numbers, kj |
