In 2001 a burrito shop s water heater launched 439 ft into the air.
Mythbusters water heater through roof.
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Jamie and adam get steamed testing if a water heater can rocket through the roof and into the atmosphere.
Mythbusters set up a three tier scaffold to simulate a two story house.
What seems like a terrifying prospect for any homeowner is a hoot to watch unfold on the show.
In season 5 savage and hyneman tested if it s plausible for a water heater can rocket through a roof and into the atmosphere.
The house was knocked off its foundation two were injured and a dog was killed.
The lowest level housed the.
In order to confirm the stated myth the mythbusters obtained a full size fifty two gallon water heater and built a shack around it with a roof that followed standard california building codes.
The resident was sleeping in a.
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 set up a three tier scaffold to simulate a two story house.
With jamie hyneman adam savage tory belleci grant imahara.
A water heater can explode like a rocket and shoot through the roof of a two story house.
Directed by alice dallow tabitha lentle.
Meanwhile tory grant and kari try on some all american myths about blue jeans.
The mythbusters researchers found two confirmed cases of this happening in real life.
The water heater eventually exploded shooting through the roof five hundred feet into the air and disintegrating the shack.
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7th 9pm e p on discovery.