House of Burning Lunch

Horseshoe

I burned something on the stove yesterday and now my house, and most everything in it... it is filled with an unholy reek.

I'm going to be on a work trip for three days, so I'm hoping it can air out... I live in a rural area where essentially there's nobody around for miles so I can leave the windows open.

But... I'm pretty sure this is not going to work. It is seriously funky in there.

Any advice on how to deal with this?

And if the only sensible thing to do is call in some cleaning professionals, does anyone have some advice on what I should ask them to do, or certain cleaning agents or chemicals to request/avoid?

Ruckus

There's companies that specialize in cleaning out the smoke smell from non-catastrophic housefires and the like. There are also various spray bottles, I have a list in my bunker gear, which is unfortunately no where near me at the moment. I do remember that the instructions on most of the products I've seen or used really need to be applied as soon as possible to have the best results.

Horseshoe

Well, looks like I missed my window of opportunity there since I'm not going to be back home for two more days.

Professional cleaners it is... hope there's someone competent in my area. Thanks for the note.

Benbo

Try putting a washing up bowl of water with the juice of about 5 lemons in it and leave it in the kitchen. I've found works for cigarette smoke and if it doesn't work then you can get cleaners in.

If it does though, you just saved a fuckton of money and I demand a beer

FirstComradeStalin

Febreze will get the smell out of your fabric, and their Air Effects stuff is good at getting smells out of the air as long as the source has been quelled.

Shogun

I would've recommended getting several boxes of baking soda and opening them and leaving them in various parts of the house for the 3 days you would've been gone.

Too bad, now.

marty_0001

So you've gotten rid of the source of the smell? It's now just a general odour around the house?

The first night after I moved out of home, I left the stove on after boiling some rice. I rested a plastic chopping board on the stove, and hilarity ensued. When I say hilarity, I mean my housemate was rather displeased that the kitchen smelt like burnt plastic, the chopping board was ruined, and the stove plate had all this melted plastic stuck to it that had solidified. It was a wonderful start to our relationship of co-existence.