Crying over BURNT TOAST!

[LuvMaui]

Who would have thought burnt toast could screw up a kitchen so bad?

John was a sweetheart and made dinner last night.. Spaghetti & French Bread... Yummy right? Well my Darling husband likes his bread toasted very toasty and he turned the French bread into a smoke bomb.

I was relaxed in the living room and from the kitchen I heard !&*%$ !!!!!! I ran in there and Oh my Goodness... the smoke was so thick I couldn't even find my husband. I sealed off the kitchen from the rest of the house and opened every window and ran the fan. When the smoke cleared I realized my poor husband had smoke inhalation. :confused:

We decided to leave all the windows open and hopfully the smoke smell would just air out. John put the dinner pots and pans to soak in the sink then we brought our cold spaghetti into the living room to eat. A while later John went into the kitchen and again I heard $()&%$ !!!! I ran into the kitchen to see what in the world was going on now.... John said "I left the hot water running in the sink!!!" OH NO!!! The hot water is gone and we smell like smoke so bad and our hair is full of smoke.. I guess it's going to be a cold shower :( But John said let's just get out of here and get in the Hot Tub. :rolleyes:

When we got up this morning and opened the door to the Kitchen it was BAD... The smell of smoke was soooooo strong. We cleaned EVERYTHING. The walls, The curtains, the seat cushions, the stove, the windows... Every square inch of the kitchen.

Now here we are sitting drinking a cup of coffee and we can still smell smoke.

Who would have thought burnt toast could have caused smoke damage? :cool:

[jcme]

Oh my gosh.

First let me appologize because when I started reading your note I started laughing, thinking you were going to end on a funny note especially when I thought of my own smoke filled apartments from whenever I made fish (I still wonder why I had issues in apartments but never in any houses).

Have you tried something like Oust or Frabreeze? That may help. If not, I would call a company that does fire clean up to see if there is some kind of deoderizer that they can recommend.

Take care

[Kathy]

There is a company called Service Master (I think that's the right name?) that handles smoke damage. Cleaning out a house from smoke damage can be maddening! My friend had a toaster fire once and while it didn't burn her kitchen, the smoke damage was extensive. After she called the insurance company, she called Servicemaster. They cleaned out the smell and it was right again. We were all amazed at the extent of the damage of the smoke.

[Mykhal Jaems]

Wow how terrible.

I too thought it was going to be a funny story.

Don't know what to suggest but am sending a :hug:

[Kathy]

Cindy, how is this going? Did you find some way to get rid of the smoke in your house?