Looking back, I must update this. The main owner, excellent, the men on the ground; very cool and…read moreinteresting. The main muscle man, is what this update is about. So they did a great job. I asked about three huge piles of chipped wood, the level of fire hazard. I was told, oh it is completely safe, so says cal fire. I go, really? He, again uses that magic word, Cal fire, yes they say it is safe. I think to myself, that makes no sense, did not realize when it got chipped it turned into glass or metal. Then I had some other loggers come around and they said that pile can combust, and so I got on the net and put in a search engine, "Wood Chips, wildfires and Cal fire chiefs." Well, the result was, they do not recommend wood chips around the house, and pages of Fire chiefs wondering why people put flammable stuff like wood chips about their places, well, here is the answer, men like the one who advised me, thinking I was a idiot, and I was at the moment, me, who am I, these are loggers they know, so I went according to what I was told until I found out otherwise. Now, although I am bed ridden for 30 years and no body tone, I am out at 7 am before the heat wave comes upon my head, and digging out these huge wood piles under a lie. I lost my brain when I heard him say it was perfectly safe to put it all about my investment to lose it. Here is a simple simpleton search and wow, not so fire proof. But aside from that fib, they did excellent work, and to say otherwise would be lying. I as I may have said in my original review, I managed political volunteers for over 50 years, so know the level of work and abilities, these folks were hard workers, not sitting about gossiping or messing about, the crew is tight and not lazy and nice all the way around, I just wished I had been told the truth or maybe he did not get the memo from all fire departments and cal fire that wood chips are flammable. I force myself to dig out these huge mountains of chips I could have had taken to the dump as waste; as it is tan oak contaminated and must be segregated into trash and not compost materials. Okay I am out shuddering on the wood chip pile next on the list of things to do this AM.
Landscaping laws prohibit the use of flammable materials, including wood chips, within 100 feet of a house, according to Cal Fire.Dec 2, 2020
California firefighters shudder at use of commonly seen wood ...https://www.sfchronicle.com ' article ' California-firefi...
Mulch - Fire in California - UC ANR
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Since these materials are combustible and will transmit fire across an area, do not use them in a widespread or continuous manner. Within this perimeter, ...
For areas between five and 30 feet of structures, large bark nuggets and composted wood chips may be used in small batches. Since these materials are combustible and will transmit fire across an area, do not use them in a widespread or continuous manner.
Fire-Resistant Mulch
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Live plants, even when irrigated, are not recommended. For areas between five and thirty feet of structures, large bark nuggets and composted wood chips may be used in small batches. Since these materials are combustible and will transmit fire across an area, do not use them in a widespread or continuous manner.
Mulch - Fire in California - UC ANR
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Can wood mulch catch on fire
Mulch that is piled too deeply, more than a few inches, can build up heat and spontaneously catch fire. Mulch fires start more readily when the weather is hot and it has been dry for an extended time. ... The distance between mulch piles keeps a fire from spreading from one pile to another, or to a building.
