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Bathroom appliance garage a fire hazard?

danceme
10 years ago

We are planning the basement bathroom and I want an appliance garage for the girls' hair dryers/straighteners, etc. The theory being that once finished, they push back in, stay plugged in, but cleans up the space. It would be something like this: http://pinterest.com/pin/56787645273723775/

My husband asked if that is a fire hazard to put a hot hair dryer or straightening iron back in what is basically a wooden box. For the flat iron I envisioned something like this hung inside to hang the cooling off flat iron http://www.amazon.com/Taymor-Stainless-Steel-Dryer-Holder/dp/B002AMW3XI/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1365999558&sr=8-14&keywords=hair+dryer+holder. I have one in my bathroom just on the wall and hang my flat iron from it, but it's out in the open air, not in a cabinet collecting heat. Thoughts? We'd rather NOT burn down the house. We're pretty fond of it. :)

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