My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.

Many thanks

"blister91" wrote in message
om...
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.

Many thanks

A visit to the local timber yard?

In article ,
"blister91" says...
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.

New floor time.

On 5 Feb 2005 03:59:21 -0800, (blister91) strung
together this:

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.

Get environmental health around there, they'll have the floorboards
out the door in no time! Moral: don't play with what you don't know.
--

SJW
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blister91 wrote:
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote

It will stink for weeks - the telegraph pole outside my house was done
fairly recently and I could smell it every time I stepped outside the door.

Unless there's a known neutraliser for creosote (I doubt it) it's time for a
new floor I reckon.

Si

"blister91" wrote in message
om...
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

1) more like a few months
2) ineffective

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

At least as wise as using creosote, but also ineffective.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?!

The only solution is to remove the contaminated floorboards. Given the
neighbours' DIY abilities, you may need to suggest that they replace the
boards with something else as well.

Colin Bignell

"nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert_my_surname_here wrote in message
...

"blister91" wrote in message
om...
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

1) more like a few months
2) ineffective

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

At least as wise as using creosote, but also ineffective.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?!

The only solution is to remove the contaminated floorboards. Given the
neighbours' DIY abilities, you may need to suggest that they replace the
boards with something else as well.

Colin Bignell


We are not told what the is relationship of the two houses, detached, semi-
detached or terraced.
I would think that this is a relevant factor in the solution.
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:27:19 -0000, "nightjar"
wrote:


"blister91" wrote in message
. com...
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

1) more like a few months
2) ineffective

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

At least as wise as using creosote, but also ineffective.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?!

The only solution is to remove the contaminated floorboards. Given the
neighbours' DIY abilities, you may need to suggest that they replace the
boards with something else as well.

Colin Bignell


I reckon the stuff will also be on the plaster, the floor joists, the
skirting board, and insulation in the joists, possibly in the ceiling
below, I bet the slopped it on with a tea pot .....

If its real creosote they have used, then its a carcogen, for use in
well ventilated areas.

The suggestion about contacting the local council does seem to be the
safest way to go. In this case, if you advise, and give wrong advice
on curing this mess, you can also get sewed.

Rick

"blister91" wrote in message
om...
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.


Environmental health department - NOW !! In the meantime get children to
granny's.
And hopefully they'll prosecute these idiots after fixing the problem and
charging them for it.

Mike wrote:

"blister91" wrote in message
om...

My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.



Environmental health department - NOW !! In the meantime get children to
granny's.
And hopefully they'll prosecute these idiots after fixing the problem and
charging them for it.



Good grief. In my yoof in the 50's the whole *country* smelt of creosote.

I am not dead yet...

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
Mike wrote:

"blister91" wrote in message
om...

My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.



Environmental health department - NOW !! In the meantime get
children to
granny's.
And hopefully they'll prosecute these idiots after fixing the problem
and
charging them for it.



Good grief. In my yoof in the 50's the whole *country* smelt of creosote.

Slight exageration methinks


I am not dead yet...

Nobody said it was fatal. Just nausious (sp?)

The message
from "Mike" contains these words:

Good grief. In my yoof in the 50's the whole *country* smelt of creosote.

Slight exageration methinks

Maybe but what else was there for us to use back then? One of the few
childhood tasks I can remember in the 50s was creosoting the fence (and
the stink). I don't think I have used it since.

I am not dead yet...

Nobody said it was fatal. Just nausious (sp?)

Nevertheless the nanny state has now banned its use.

--
Roger

In article , "Roger"
says...
The message
from "Mike" contains these words:

Good grief. In my yoof in the 50's the whole *country* smelt of creosote.

Slight exageration methinks

Maybe but what else was there for us to use back then? One of the few
childhood tasks I can remember in the 50s was creosoting the fence (and
the stink). I don't think I have used it since.

I am not dead yet...

Nobody said it was fatal. Just nausious (sp?)

Nevertheless the nanny state has now banned its use.

Not completely banned, just restricted.

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 01:24:23 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Mike wrote:

"blister91" wrote in message
om...

My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.



Environmental health department - NOW !! In the meantime get children to
granny's.
And hopefully they'll prosecute these idiots after fixing the problem and
charging them for it.



Good grief. In my yoof in the 50's the whole *country* smelt of creosote.

I am not dead yet...


I was not alive in the 50's but can think of many daily things I did
as a kid, that you would never do now, nor would I let my kids do.

- sit in the back of a tranie van with no seatbelts
- chew paper
- eat pot noodle


Rick

Rick wrote:

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 01:24:23 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Mike wrote:


"blister91" wrote in message
e.com...


My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.



Environmental health department - NOW !! In the meantime get children to
granny's.
And hopefully they'll prosecute these idiots after fixing the problem and
charging them for it.




Good grief. In my yoof in the 50's the whole *country* smelt of creosote.

I am not dead yet...



I was not alive in the 50's but can think of many daily things I did
as a kid, that you would never do now, nor would I let my kids do.

- sit in the back of a tranie van with no seatbelts
- chew paper
- eat pot noodle

They didn't have pot noodle in the 60's.



Rick

Rick wrote:

I was not alive in the 50's but can think of many daily things I did
as a kid, that you would never do now, nor would I let my kids do.

- sit in the back of a tranie van with no seatbelts
- chew paper
- eat pot noodle


Rick


If you mean pile into the back of a flatback, used to be common, still
done in some places. Dont think you'd find any seatbelts back there.


NT

In message , blister91
writes
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

You do realise that the legal nazis will be knocking at his door, that
creosote is now then spawn of the devil and hence illegal.

Bit of a bugger, innit

--
geoff

On 5 Feb 2005 03:59:21 -0800, (blister91) wrote:

My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Scrub the boards thoroughly with Persil washing powder and hot water.
It will remove *some* of the smell until the boards can be replaced
and will hopefully stop the neigbours from complaining.

sPoNiX

If he use it to preserve the wood, that will do it, but you can't remove it.
Tell them to get new timber from the wood yard and replace the boards, but
before laying them down buy some BORAX from the wood yard too, soak the
board with this, this will prevent rot, and ants, and preserve the wood too,
its used by many wood merchants, and there is no after odours.
Syd
Birmingham.

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"blister91" wrote in message
om...
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.

Many thanks

"1) give it a few more days for the smell to go away "

I don't think so. I've just removed some dry-lining plasterboard from my
house, that I know was fixed in 1964, and the battens still smell of
creosote.


"blister91" wrote in message
om...
My elderly neighbour & his son (who are not exactly DIY competent) has
painted their bathroom floorboards with creosote, yes creosote!, and
their next door neighbour has complained of the smell. He is quite
rightly concerned about his, as he has 2 young children who are
constantly breathing the fumes.

My neighbour has asked me for advice on how to get rid of the smell.

I could only suggest 2 things - 1) give it a few more days for the
smell to go away or 2) paint over the floorboards using something like
gloss paint to seal the boards.

Other ideas are bleach, but not sure if this is wise.

Does anyone have any other suitable suggestions?! My neighbour is
concerned and would like to resolve this quickly.

Many thanks