Construction Defect Center Launches A National Awareness Initiative About Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing (CSST) And Wants To Hear From Homeowners Who Had A Fire
(PRWEB) July 15, 2013 -- The Construction Defect Center is launching a national awareness campaign focused on alerting homeowners about corrugated stainless steel tubing used for natural gas in a home's interior, because this type of building product may fail, and cause a fire, if the home is hit by lightening during an electrical storm. On July 8th 2012 the Minnesota Department of Public Safety issued the following statement, "The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is urging Minnesotans with homes built after 1989 to check for corrugated stainless steel tubing. If not properly installed, the flexible piping can be damaged by nearby lightning strikes and start a fire. As of 2010, about six million homes in the United States had CSST." The Construction Defect Center will expand this new initiative as quickly as possible to get more information out to homeowners nationwide, about this potentially problematic natural gas tubing. In the mean time the Construction Defect Center would like to hear from any US homeowner, whose home was hit by lightening, and then developed a natural gas leak, and fire. For more information impacted homeowners are urged to contact the Construction Defect Center at 866-714-6466.
WHAT DOES Corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) LOOK LIKE? The Minnesota Department of Public Safety say, "Corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) supplies natural gas and propane to homes and businesses. It usually has a yellow exterior plastic coating and should not be confused with natural gas appliance flexible connectors. CSST typically is routed beneath, through or alongside floor joists in the basement, inside interior wall cavities and on top of ceiling joists in attics. http://ConstructionDefectCenter.Com
Read more: Tubing creates fire risk in Minnesota homes built after 1989 - KMSP-TV http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/22782602/csst-fire-risk-minnesota-homes-built-after-1989#ixzz2Z2SEIsUe
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Three lawsuits have been filed over CSST natural gas tubing
Hasley v. Ward Manufacturing, LLC No. 8:13-cv-01607(D. Md)
Hall v. Omega Flex, Inc., No. 0:13-cv-61213 (S.D. Fla.)
Hower v. Titeflex Corporation t/a/ Gastite, No. 2:13-cv-00753 (W.D. Pa)
M Thomas Martin, Americas Watchdog, http://chinesedrywallcomplaintcenter.com/, 866-714-6466, [email protected]
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