Oh Fcuk .....

[Scott330ci]

Tonight was the first night it turned cold so I used my electric fire in my rented property.

I went to the kitchen to cut an onion. I turned around and my carpet is on fire, flames 4ft high.

Its amazing what happens in a fight or flight situation and everything was OK. I managed to extinguish the flames very quickly and no damage to anything else.

Bit shakey but on surveying the damage it seems that a coil in the heater itself has broken and fell on to the carpet. 4ft x 4ft burn.

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/di/dimp...

That is all.

Scared of telling the estate agents though! Piss poor carpet - No underlay etc.

[Puggit]

Heating on in September? Have you got money to burn too?

[Scott330ci]

homes gardens and DIY?

YOU ARE fkING KIDDING ME.

FFS THERE WAS A FIRE

LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

[Scott330ci]

Puggit said:

Heating on in September? Have you got money to burn too?

p.s single glazed

[Puggit]

Scott330ci said:

LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

Does not compute for our glorious auto-mods, sorry!

[bigTee]

Scott330ci said:

homes gardens and DIY?

YOU ARE fkING KIDDING ME.

FFS THERE WAS A FIRE

LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

Homes, Gardens and DIY!!




pisser!!

[Scott330ci]

PLEASE CAN YOU MOVE BACK TO THE LOUNGE?

Thanks Mods - Appreciated

[Penny-lope]

I think I would have run around squealing like a wee girl if it had been me.

Then again, I did once manage to extinguish a kitchen fire....yeh okay I caused it when I placed a teacloth on the cooker, forgetting I'd just lit the ring

Glad you're okay

Edited by Penny-lope on Tuesday 15th September 21:38

[anonymous-user]

Scott330ci said:

homes gardens and DIY?

YOU ARE fkING KIDDING ME.

FFS THERE WAS A FIRE

LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

I bet there is a mod just sitting somewhere laughing at you.

[Scott330ci]

el stovey said:

Scott330ci said:

homes gardens and DIY?

YOU ARE fkING KIDDING ME.

FFS THERE WAS A FIRE

LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

I bet there is a mod just sitting somewhere laughing at you.

I hope his carpet spontaneously combusts

[Brite spark]

Scott330ci said:

Scared of telling the estate agents though! Piss poor carpet - No underlay etc.

are you looking at this the wrong way? Rather than sounding like you've done something wrong would it not be better to ask for safety certificates

[TooLateForAName]

Scared to tell them ? I'd be throwing a wobbly and demanding safety certs and a new carpet (with underlay).

[Simpo Two]

We need a forum entitled: 'OMG my carpet is on fire'

[FourWheelDrift]

It was probably moved here because DIY is sure to follow.

[Westy Pre-Lit]

electric fire....rented property....kitchen....carpet.....estate agents.....No underlay....fires in the home because of DIY heating appliances.

Yep all to do with homes, where's the problem

Seriously though glad your ok.

[SimonV8ster]

Penny-lope said:

I think I would have run around squealing like a wee girl if it had been me.

I just would have wee'd I think

especially as it is a rented property...........

[stigmundfreud]

firstly glad you are ok, now for the next 18 to 24 months when you wake bleery eyed you will always see smoke!

[HRG.]

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours but I think that The Mods have a sick sense of humour...

[zac510]

Puggit said:

Heating on in September? Have you got money to burn too?

My housemates (female) were whinging about the cold on Sunday and turned on the heating while I was out. I thought it was fine.

Can't remember when I turned on in this house in recent years. Surely at least not until daylight saving ends!

[OllieWinchester]

Scott330ci said:

el stovey said:

Scott330ci said:

homes gardens and DIY?

YOU ARE fkING KIDDING ME.

FFS THERE WAS A FIRE

LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

I bet there is a mod just sitting somewhere laughing at you.

I hope his carpet spontaneously combusts

In my head I can picture Scott330ci verbalising this, starting off calm and then being overcome with rage and shouting like that journalist guy who got hacked off with the scientologists.