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Are we allowed candles in our room in uni accommodation?

seafairy

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Even if they are just tiny tealights? just thought someone here may know.. :smile:

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seafairy

OP

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Ah ok good to know. Also knowing how clumsy i can get i probably would start a fire :rolleyes:

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wiggles

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Eugh... "allowed".

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gianthead

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look in your tenancy agreement, it'll be specified there

wiggles

Eugh... "allowed".

yeah that one is ouch! for me too. l hate people who jump on the apparent illiterates on here, but all the same some of the really bad errors where the person might even believe they've got it right, make me wince. lt's also hard to take their question seriously. :frown:

EDIT: hurrah someone's changed it

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sheryl06

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my contract says that it allows smoking in the room but not candles

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seafairy

OP

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gianthead

look in your tenancy agreement, it'll be specified there
yeah that one is ouch! for me too. l hate people who jump on the apparent illiterates on here, but all the same some of the really bad errors where the person might even believe they've got it right, make me wince. lt's also hard to take their question seriously. :frown:

EDIT: hurrah someone's changed it

Huh..i thought i did put 'allowed'..oh well its no big deal is it? i do normally spell correctly though by the way :P

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FadeToBlackout

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As PQ said, generally not. My college are rather fire-hazard-nazis about anything and everything. They technically don't allow smoking in the rooms, but people do anyway.

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Helenia

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FadeToBlackout

As PQ said, generally not. My college are rather fire-hazard-nazis about anything and everything. They technically don't allow smoking in the rooms, but people do anyway.

Did you hear the story about a certain English student in my year? His girlfriend was visiting for the weekend, and he decorated around the bed with tealights to create a romantic atmosphere. Unfortunately while they were actually getting down to business, one of the tealights set fire to his duvet.

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Hana_1987

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i'll get thrown out of my halls i think if i have any candles..apparently my halls can burn down within 20 minutes and it's a high fire risk :s-smilie:

not to mention that everyone would kill me for burning down a fab and gorgeous listed building!

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lovelee-jublee

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I've got some lovely decorative candles, I hope they let them - they say no candles, but that doesn't say anything about decorative candles. I've got a few of the vanilla ones from Ikea, they make the room smell lovely!

Reply 10

CrispyUK

As others have said it varies from uni to uni. At Plymouth for example we were allowed candles as long as we didn't leave them unattended, weren't next to the curtains or anything daft.

However I gather we were more the exception than the rule.

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FadeToBlackout

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Helenia

Did you hear the story about a certain English student in my year? His girlfriend was visiting for the weekend, and he decorated around the bed with tealights to create a romantic atmosphere. Unfortunately while they were actually getting down to business, one of the tealights set fire to his duvet.

*checks Facebook to work out who it might be... :p:

*

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Angelil

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Depends on your uni - most say not, though, and I can understand why.

Some candles I would say are fine; others I would say are VERY dangerous indeed - like those ones that come in the tins. If you've ever bought them you'll know the ones I mean. I nearly set my bedroom at home on fire with one once as once they get to the last half-cm or so of (by this time fully liquid) wax, the likelihood of the wax catching fire increases. This happened and knowing that putting it out with tissues wouldn't work, I chucked some water on it. The flame (about 2 inches in diameter) shot upwards by about 2 feet with a big cloud of smoke. I'm very lucky really that it wasn't right underneath the curtains.

So, kids, the moral of the story is not to bring silly candles like tea lights (which are very easy to open things like books into or chuck papers near if you're not watching) or those ones that come in tins. Other candles should be fine.

Reply 13

nettle7

Oh dear... I need my incense. I mean, if I were to put a tealight in a burner there really would be no chance of setting anything on fire.

And I like to strike matches for the sake of it, see how close I can get the flame to my fingertips, blow and inhale the smoke. It will be a hard habit to break.

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wiggles

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Ok, so apart from the strange things the above poster does with flames.... why does everyone want candles in their rooms so badly? I don't see the need to have any candles in my room, and doubt I'll ever have any wherever I live, except maybe some stored away in the event of a power cut.

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k0932741

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candels aren't allowed in my accomodation nor are cushions...but i'm bringing both anyway :smile:

lol, i don'twant the candles to burn, they just look pretty and smell nice! x

Reply 16

silens_fatuus

Cushions?
What?

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gianthead

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wiggles

Ok, so apart from the strange things the above poster does with flames.... why does everyone want candles in their rooms so badly? I don't see the need to have any candles in my room, and doubt I'll ever have any wherever I live, except maybe some stored away in the event of a power cut.

l can't see the attraction either, it must be some kind of new exclusive fetish.

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seafairy

OP

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gianthead

l can't see the attraction either, it must be some kind of new exclusive fetish.

Its for meditation :P

Are we allowed candles in our room in uni accommodation?

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