July 22, 2013
The Construction Defect Center is urging homeowners who had a home fire to contact them immediately, if it has been determined the home’s fire was caused by a failure of corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST), as a result of a lightning strike to the home 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 is urging homeowners to contact them if their home contains corrugated stainless steel tubing, especially if they live in a subdivision in Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, or North Dakota. For more information about corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) homeowners are welcome 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