My son soaked the rafters of a bedroom extension with creosote about a year
ago and unfortunately the smell of the creosote is still making it
impossible for my granddaughter to sleep in the room.
He has emulsioned the ceiling and walls twice since then but smell
continues.
Does anyone know of a paint that would effectively seal the ceiling and
walls to stop this smell?
Thank you

On Sunday, June 23, 2013 10:21:59 PM UTC+1, Stewart wrote:

My son soaked the rafters of a bedroom extension with creosote about a year
ago and unfortunately the smell of the creosote is still making it
impossible for my granddaughter to sleep in the room.
He has emulsioned the ceiling and walls twice since then but smell
continues.
Does anyone know of a paint that would effectively seal the ceiling and
walls to stop this smell?
Thank you


Aluminium primer's the best bet for sealing smells. Its used after fires. It contains lots of tiny al flakes.

You might also add 2 vents to the roof space, one each side to aid airflow and avoid pressure buildup. Fit insect screen.


NT

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On Sunday, June 23, 2013 10:21:59 PM UTC+1, Stewart wrote:

My son soaked the rafters of a bedroom extension with creosote about a
year
ago and unfortunately the smell of the creosote is still making it
impossible for my granddaughter to sleep in the room.
He has emulsioned the ceiling and walls twice since then but smell
continues.
Does anyone know of a paint that would effectively seal the ceiling and
walls to stop this smell?
Thank you


Aluminium primer's the best bet for sealing smells. Its used after fires.
It contains lots of tiny al flakes.

You might also add 2 vents to the roof space, one each side to aid airflow
and avoid pressure buildup. Fit insect screen.


NT

The aluminium paint is good but I think you'll need to apply it to the
joists not the ceiling.
The smell is bad because it gets so hot up there due to sun on the roof.
The heat evaporates the creosote, so ventilation is good too.

The other thing you might do is make sure the loft trapdoor is airtight.
Plus anywhere else air can transfer from loft to rooms below.

On 24/06/2013 05:54, harryagain wrote:
The aluminium paint is good but I think you'll need to apply it to the
joists not the ceiling.
The smell is bad because it gets so hot up there due to sun on the roof.
The heat evaporates the creosote, so ventilation is good too.


I suspect that anyone creosoting joists would inevitably have got some
on the plaster. Or some might have oozed.

By the way, OP, is this real creosote or replacement pseudo-creosote?

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Rod

On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:16:06 +0100, polygonum wrote:

I suspect that anyone creosoting joists would inevitably have got some
on the plaster. Or some might have oozed.

+1

By the way, OP, is this real creosote or replacement pseudo-creosote?

And why would one use creosote in a house? It stinks for ages...
Plenty of other less pongy wood treatments if you really need them
and TBH in a modern centrally heated house that isn't likely. Worm
doesn't like dry timber niether do any of the rots... The only reason
I can think of treating timber in an occupied and heated house is if
there is active pre-existant worm/rot in older timbers. Eve then
you'd treat/replace/cure that as well.

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Cheers
Dave.

On 24/06/2013 08:17, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:16:06 +0100, polygonum wrote:

I suspect that anyone creosoting joists would inevitably have got some
on the plaster. Or some might have oozed.

+1

By the way, OP, is this real creosote or replacement pseudo-creosote?

And why would one use creosote in a house? It stinks for ages...
Plenty of other less pongy wood treatments if you really need them
and TBH in a modern centrally heated house that isn't likely. Worm
doesn't like dry timber niether do any of the rots... The only reason
I can think of treating timber in an occupied and heated house is if
there is active pre-existant worm/rot in older timbers. Eve then
you'd treat/replace/cure that as well.

+1

Was just taking that "what's done is done" attitude. But why on
earth...? Didn't it stink while he was doing it?

Maybe it will not be important, but doesn't creosote make wood burn
rather well when it gets nice and hot? That is, if a house fire did occur.

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Rod

On Monday, June 24, 2013 8:35:05 AM UTC+1, polygonum wrote:
On 24/06/2013 08:17, Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:16:06 +0100, polygonum wrote:



I suspect that anyone creosoting joists would inevitably have got some

on the plaster. Or some might have oozed.



+1



By the way, OP, is this real creosote or replacement pseudo-creosote?



And why would one use creosote in a house? It stinks for ages...

Plenty of other less pongy wood treatments if you really need them

and TBH in a modern centrally heated house that isn't likely. Worm

doesn't like dry timber niether do any of the rots... The only reason

I can think of treating timber in an occupied and heated house is if

there is active pre-existant worm/rot in older timbers. Eve then

you'd treat/replace/cure that as well.



+1



Was just taking that "what's done is done" attitude. But why on

earth...? Didn't it stink while he was doing it?



Maybe it will not be important, but doesn't creosote make wood burn

rather well when it gets nice and hot? That is, if a house fire did occur..



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Rod

Well I like the smell of creosote and Jeyes Fluid. SWMBO hates both. I had a secretary once who loved the smell of petrol. In the days if petrol cigarette lighters she enjoyed the odd sniff from the little ampoules available for a refill. (They still available ? )

On 24/06/2013 09:39, fred wrote:
Well I like the smell of creosote and Jeyes Fluid. SWMBO hates both. I had a secretary once who loved the smell of petrol. In the days if petrol cigarette lighters she enjoyed the odd sniff from the little ampoules available for a refill. (They still available ? )

A passing whiff is fine - of creosote, Jeyes, lighter fuel, Dabitoff,
..... And I used to like the smell of asphalt/tar at roadworks some
distance away. But when too strong they are all intolerably foul.

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Rod

Lots of ideas thank you. As said what is done is done, my son just did not
think it through, probably got the creosote for nothing!!
I shall pass on the tips.



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The other thing you might do is make sure the loft trapdoor is airtight.
Plus anywhere else air can transfer from loft to rooms below.