Teen blows roof off parents' house [ka-BOOM!!]

News.Com.AU ^ | June 05, 2006 | staff writer

[yankeedame]

Teen blows roof off parents' house

From: From correspondents in Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
June 05, 2006

MOST people know somebody whose teenage son or daughter has mucked up when left at home alone: crashing the car, having a wild party or making inroads into the drinks cabinet.

But English teenager Sean Davey blew the roof off his parents' house. His mother and stepfather had left the 18-year-old for a few days while they went on holiday to Scotland.

Sean's mistake was to leave a washing basket full of clothes on top of the electric stove.

A bigger mistake was to knock the stove's controls before going out, turning on one of the rings.

The heated ring set fire to the clothes, which set alight a nearby bag of shopping, which caused a can of deodorant to explode, blowing out windows and lifting the roof. All of which did £35,000 ($85,000) of damage to the house.

"It's ironic," his mother Joanne Bray said. "Sean didn't cook anything while we were away - he survived on microwave meals and takeaways."

[SIDENET]

caused a can of deodorant to explode, blowing out windows and lifting the roof.

Thats's one hell of a deodorant can.

[kinoxi]

He might be punished...

[Mo1]

deodorant ??

WOW

[Humble Servant]

A bursting can of deodorant can lift the roof off a house and blow out the windows?
Oh, really.

[joebuck]

"which caused a can of deodorant to explode"

For you science freepers out there, could an exploding deodorant can really blow the roof off a house? I've seen aresol cans explode in trash fires before and it was more like an M-80 firework going off than a bomb.

[kinoxi]

The boy was 'playing' with something for sure.

[mtbopfuyn]

And another story I'm not buying this morning.

[cripplecreek]

Sounds like a job for....

[beezdotcom]

For you science freepers out there, could an exploding deodorant can really blow the roof off a house?

Sure - but only if a)it's a doll house, b)it's a GIANT can of deodorant, or c)It serves as the ignition for a large tank of propane.

[KoRn]

"Thats's one hell of a deodorant can."

Or a very...very bad roof.

[Fairview]

When I was little the teenage kid next door nearly burned down his parents' house by playing with his chemistry set. They bought it for him thinking it would be educational. He got an education, all right: an education in how fire departments and insurance adjusters operate.

[Abathar]

Define house - Maybe a thatch hut somewhere on the Serengeti but not anything you or I would consider living in.

[reagan_fanatic]

A can of deodorant? Riiiigghht - the can would have to be 6ft. tall to do such damage. There's something else going on here.

[joebuck]

that was my take also.

[RetiredSWO]

Was it one of those industrial-strength cans that the English
station along the coast to keep the stench of the French out?

[savedbygrace]

"It's ironic," his mother Joanne Bray said. "Sean didn't cook anything while we were away - he survived on microwave meals and takeaways."

I'm sure that's what mum told her son when they returned from holiday.

"Well, isn't this ironic, Sean, m'boy?"

Sure she did.

[Dante3]

LOL

[Smokin' Joe]

Can ruptured, dispersed propellant and contents, stove ignited the propellant (and maybe the contents), basic fuel-air bomb.

Jeez, a quick spritz of Aquanet Blue (hair spray) will send your average spud over 100 yards...imagine a whole can going off!

[Caipirabob]

Deodorant blows off roof? Let me guess: "Strong enough for the English, but made for the French!"

[thebaron512]

Oooh! How? tube with firing chamber? I want to try in someone else's yard ;)

[ZinGirl]

will send your average spud over 100 yards

potato alert!

- thought you'd like this thread....had me laughing.

[angryirish]

I say BS. Not for the explosion....
Everybody knows, the damn Brits don't use deodorant

[acad1228]

Hmmm. Not sure about British building codes, nut if the house was small, well sealed and the roof not as securely attached as U.S. roofs, and depending on the propellant in the deodorant can, it's possible: unlikely, but possible. More likely that the heat from the original fire had caused the air in the house to expand to such a state that the minimal force exerted by the explosion of the aerosol can was enough to finish the job.

[acad1228]

nut if the house was small

= "but if the house was small"

/ I need to proof-read butter
//spellcheck don't catch everything

[nevergore]

The primary propellant in Right Guard used to be propane......

We'd use it for launching spuds out of a potato gun....

[wrench]

More likely his meth lab over heated and went BOOM.

[Smokin' Joe]

Basic spud gun. I'll see if I can find a link...

[sweetliberty]

"Thats's one hell of a deodorant can."

Probably have to buy supersizes. they don't take baths real frequently, do they?

[Smokin' Joe]

http://www.spudtech.com/


(this is like the one we used)
http://www.mshamash.com/spud/spudgun1.html


http://www.spudgun.com/

Assemble, purchase, or use these devices at your own risk, check all local laws, too. (They are fun, and after experimentation we found Aquanet Blue Hairspray to be the best propellant of what we sampled.)

[yankeedame]

When I was little the teenage kid next door nearly burned down his parents' house by playing with his chemistry set. They bought it for him thinking it would be educational. He got an education, all right: an education in how fire departments and insurance adjusters operate.

LOL!!!

[camle]

it's ironic that he left the clothes on the stove? perhaps had he used a little more irony, he would have... oh nevermind..

[bert]

......For you science freepers out there.....

The article didn't say but perhaps it was the rare French deodorant that has to be really strong to over come the noxious odors of garlic and bluecheese.

[GnL]

which caused a can of deodorant to explode

Interesting that we never see stories like that from France or the Middle East.

[TXnMA]

Oooh! How? tube with firing chamber? I want to try in someone else's yard ;)

~~~~~

Here's how it's done"

[Moonman62]

For you science freepers out there, could an exploding deodorant can really blow the roof off a house?

Sure, if it's a MOAD. The Mother of All Deodorants.

[BadAndy]

Another reason to buy the roll on type.

[dljordan]

"Thats's one hell of a deodorant can."

The only thing i can figure is that it was full. It ruptured and released the contents into the room acting like a mini fuel-air bomb.

[formosa]

At least he was doing the laundry.

[tubebender]

HOME ALONE III

[6SJ7]

Sure, if it's a MOAD. The Mother of All Deodorants.

"MOAD. Strong enough to take the roof off!*"

* Do not use near open flame or in confined space where a heat source may be present. Contents under extreme pressure. Must be 18 years or older to operate. Not legal for sale in California, Oregon, New York. May cause temporary hearing loss. Do not operate heavy machinery while using product. Do not apply to livestock, pets, or moose. It is a violation of federal law to misuse this product.

[Peace Is Coming]

Thats's one hell of a deodorant can

I think they should have stuck with roll on.

[Jeff Gordon]

Thats's one hell of a deodorant can.

The English use propane for deodorant.

[Muzzle_em]

My thoughts exactly!

[IronJack]

The roof must have been on a thatched hut. Or Mum was buying deodorant for Godzilla.

[KosmicKitty]

Basic spud gun. I'll see if I can find a link...

I still have one that son #2 made out in my garage. Surprised my son never did any real damage. Not a bad kid, just liked things that exploded.

(He's mad at me for not letting him build his own fireworks on the garage this year!!)

[kimmie7]

ROFL

My first thought was, "Homeschooler?"

We have a young fellow who 'elevated' the water level in the family's pond by several feet just to 'see if it would work'. The mom, after she had some coffee and got over the initial blast, asked son to repeat his experiment so she could catch it on video. LOL

[Canard]

"Another reason to buy the roll on type."

Yep, looks like the environmentalists were right, deodrant sprays really can cause damage to ones environment...

[MissEdie]

Are you referring to a potato gun?

[ArrogantBustard]

Aquanet Blue is the standard propellant for a spark ignited spud-gun. Plans available on the internet.