Leaving incense burning...

[Sylvan]

So hubby and I have boatloads of stick incense that we love to use. Regular, store-bought stick incense. But he has this fear of leaving one burning if we leave the house/leave it unattended. He thinks that the ash that drops will somehow contain a lit ember and the house will burn down. If I leave one going and he happens to go back in the house for something, he'll stub it out and then remind me that I forgot that it was still burning.

I have no problem with leaving it burning, myself. I have never seen a stick of incense drop a red-hot ash before. If it was cone, I could understand more. If it was loose on top of a lit charcoal, I would *really* understand. But stick incense?

Meanwhile, the man has no problem with leaving candles lit while he sleeps... Not just nodding off on the couch, but actually going to bed... :rolleyes:

So tell me, have you ever heard of a house burning down from stick incense before?

[writitive]

I've never had a problem with incense either. But are you sure that's not my hubby you're talking about? :grin: He cannot stand the thouht of leaving anything burning at all, it totally freaks him out. If I leave the room for a minute and have a candle burning (or even incense), he freaks out and thinks I'm trying to burn us down. Just 'cause he burned down acres of his backyard when he was a kid... :hrmm:

[VelvetBlade]

I never have, no...but any source that is smouldering can be a potential for fire. I understand his concerns, but I would definately have to extend that to candles burning...especially since they have a live flame (hehehe). I, for one, never leave home with my dryer on....guess it's just a "thing" for some of us...lol

~AW

[Faery-Wings]

Oh, I could never leave it burning either. I would imagine if something fell on it it could start a fire easily. And ack- about him going to sleep with candles on. When I had postpartum depression, I was *obsessive* about all candles being out and had to have my "fire escape plan" in my head before I went to sleep. Some of that stil lingers and I still get out of bed to check that all the candles are out.

[indigo rain]

try a smoking bottle incense burner for your stick incense. the ash drops inside the bottle, so it can't burn anything if it's still smoldering a bit.

[Sylvan]

Genious! We've seen those, and I know he thinks they're cool.. Heck, I could probably make one, if I had a dremel... But lacking a dremel, I bet a bought one would solve this! Cool cool cool! :D

[MoonDust]

Just 'cause he burned down acres of his backyard when he was a kid... :hrmm::T

I've never heard about the whole incence thing. My sisters love it when I burn the sticks.

[Traknavar]

I don't know about everyones incense holders but mine is basically a very long ash tray, i've had friends put cigs out in it before. So any ash that falls of falls into the holder so i don't worry about it. I leave them burning when I go to sleep alot, never even remotely had a problem with it.