Darkness and cold

[fluffymark]

Our kitchen is so goth. Everything has turned black. Heh.

Soot is actually horrible stuff. It sticks to everything, comes off on your hands and looks ugly. And it smells. It’s ponging out the house with this burnt stench. It’s not making me feel happy. Lovely kitchen all turned into a horrible mess just like that. It doesn’t seem real somehow, like it’s not my kitchen anymore. And my poor plants are covered in soot!! They look very upset and annoyed, and I hope they don’t die as I’ve had them for years. *sobs*

The gasman cometh to turn the gas back on, and yea he did that, but after a lot of prodding failed to get either of our gas boilers (why do we have 2 of them? - it seems silly!) to ignite. No hot water. No heating. We have windows open to let the smell out, and the house is therefore freezing. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I want some warm. Gasman also discovered a gas leak (!! where did that come from??) in happygoff‘s place downstairs and turned off their gas, so no heating or hot water there either. It’s a whole house of cold here. Meh.

It sounds horribly bad, and it is, but I suppose we’re lucky in a way. It could have been a whole lot worse. Much much worse. Scary things. I don’t want to think about that.

Update: Yay! I lit the boilers! Happy blue pilot flames! Yay! We have heat again! *hugsheat* *cuddlesheat*

Comments

[daevas.livejournal.com]

How did your kitchen catch fire? Do you know yet??

warm hugs from me.. sending sparkly flames your way :)

[snow-leopard.livejournal.com]

Eeek. Hope things are warm by Friday!!
Unfortunstely we are not there long enough to help with the cleaning : (
*hugs*

[emperor]

Erk, double-plus-un-good. How did your kitchen come to be in the "burned down" state in the first place?

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the cleaning... having had the place smoked out (closed cast-ron pan left on the hob but no actual fire escaped) I can tell you that you're in for a lot of work before the smell goes away:

• Get a squeegee mop and mop down all the walls;
• ...And the ceilings;
• Wash all the cushion covers and upholstery;
• Get the curtains dry-cleaned;
• Ditto, all clothes;
• File all loose paperwork that was exposed to smoke in closed box-binders;
• Air the house for a whole weekend;

Repeat all the above until either (a) the smell goes away, or (b) you stop noticing or (c) you find where the smell has been hiding; this will be some lampshade or wall-hanging or unwashed housemate who is reponging the apartment after all your cleaning.

[bluesbell.livejournal.com]

Eep, how scary- I'm glad nothing worse happened! *tries to send you heat by telekinesis*

[redcountess]

Pop your plants in the bath, get the shower attachment and run the water lukewarm, then spray them gently to get all the soot off.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

When youi've removed enough soot that you're down to the bit that can't be removed, let it dry completely and then try using oil to dissolve it.

I think your plants might be doomed though :/