so far what they've told her, is that they could ?"fumigate"? but that she has a very clean home and it would put dust everywhere. ??
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Lenny McHugh wrote: > There are professional people that do clean ups after fires. Her home owner's > insurance should both cover the cost and possibly recommend a group. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:36 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] um, yeah a fire > > > Hi, > I was iformed today that my mom's next door neighbor's house nearly burned > down today. > My mom, her cats, and 99 % of her house are fine. > She says it smells like what an ashtray would think discusting. But she's > trying to air it out. > Other than the large concern of "will she ever be able to get that smell > out of 1920's plaster over brick dividing walls?" > The main concern is that she now knows where the cracks are. > There is a foot wide by "floor to ceiling" black stain on a wall in a > corner. > She says that after she took off the wall paper, (last time) she made the > paper hanger promise to mud that up. > Maybe they didn't? > So considering how badly the smoke penitrated her home there, what to do? > Obviously the plaster is blaackened, as the crack is only a "double > hairline" as she calls it. > but as the dark stripe is a foot wide there must be residue in the > plaster, which will smell. > Does she need to have it removed down to the dividing brick, have new > plaster put in, then plastic coated, before repapering? > Or will new plaster and a vinyl wall paper do it? > What will do it for her? > If we can't rid the whole house of the smell but over time, what to do for > that worst place 2 feet from her bed? > Thanks, she's fine just shaken up. > Best to you all. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
