Mythbusters Water Heater Through Roof

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Mythbusters water heater through roof.

Directed by alice dallow tabitha lentle. Check out exclusive footage straight from the mythbusters own video cameras. The house was knocked off its foundation two were injured and a dog was killed. Jamie and adam get steamed testing if a water heater can rocket through the roof and into the atmosphere.

5 exploding water heater 8 3 fires and explosions are mythbusters favorites. 7th 9pm e p on discovery. The resident was sleeping in a. A water heater can explode like a rocket and shoot through the roof of a two story house.

The water heater eventually exploded shooting through the roof five hundred feet into the air and disintegrating the shack. The lowest level housed the. New episodes return wednesday oct. The mythbusters set up a three tier scaffold to simulate a two story house.

With jamie hyneman adam savage tory belleci grant imahara. The lowest level housed the 52 us gallon 200 l water heater second level contained a simulated living room and on top was a roof built to standard california building codes. The mythbusters researchers found two confirmed cases of this happening in real life. What seems like a terrifying prospect for any homeowner is a hoot to watch unfold on the show.

In 2001 a burrito shop s water heater launched 439 ft into the air. In season 5 savage and hyneman tested if it s plausible for a water heater can rocket through a roof and into the atmosphere. Mythbusters set up a three tier scaffold to simulate a two story house.