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Not even for carrying round with you?

doesn't particularly belong here, but it appears the plug of our iron has been sat in a sink full of water all night.

Presumably I need to wire a new plug? Or is the whole thing likely a goner? I'm proper shit at this sort of stuff.

I'd probably wire in a new plug to be on the safe side, but unless you have a plug socket in that sink full of water and it was plugged in to that at the time, the iron itself should be fine.

I'd just open the plug up, dry it out thoroughly, like leave it on a radiator for a day and perhaps spray a bit of WD40 or similar in there.

I'd dry it out and change the fuse. But if you can't wait I'd just put a new plug on. I wouldn't spray WD40 in the plug, that stuff is incredibly flammable on something running 13A through it!

Yeah maybe not WD40, I have CorrosionX but I was trying to think of something similar that most people might have.

Thank you. Luckily we only have the one kind of plug socket in the sink, and that enables the drainage of water.



Thank you! Will give this a go first and see how confident I feel about it.

Edit - just saw DBSnappa's post. Thanks DBS, you saved the Fop house's bacon. You nearly got us, MarkG. Next time.

Although saying that I've seen WD40 being used loads on wet electrical things to displace moisture boat engine parts and suchlike, it's really not incredibly flammable it's just the propellant that is.

True. I still wouldn't use it though. I'd just dry the plug and change the fuse, as that's probably the only part that can be damaged by water.

We have a double mains plug socket in the bathroom. That's not clever is it?

Plugs are so cheap I'd just replace it, to be honest.

If you’ve a spare, or a hardware store nearby, I think I’d just replace it, to ensure there was no moisture that might be dangerous or corrode the plug inners. It’s a five minute job and they’re so cheap that it is probably less hassle than taking it apart and trying to get every drop of moisture out.

Cost isn't the issue, my magnificent cack hands are the issue.

Best news all year.

We're probably going to convert it back to a 4th bedroom anyway. Who creates a 2nd bathroom but doesn't put a toilet in it?

Hmm. Not sure if it's strictly "wrong", but at the least it has to be >1m away from any water source. I'd also make sure there was a very efficient extractor fitted. Goes without saying don't plug/unplug anything with wet hands.

I thought it flat-out wasn't allowed?

[edit] Aha: Sockets are not allowed in bathrooms or shower rooms (apart from shaver-supply units) unless they can be fitted at least three metres from the bath or shower.

I've broken the law, then. Go me!

We won't be using it anyway. Neither of us take baths and we have a shower cubicle in the other room.

Thanks for looking it up. I couldn't remember and couldn't be arsed looking

I recalled it being allowed as there are power supplies in all bathrooms for lights/extractors and you have to be careful with position of those as well.

My socket is in a cupboard so I'm not overly concerned.

We really want a downstairs loo but I don't think we can fit one in easily without basically rebuilding the house.

No, I have strangers come up and tell me how great I look.

The whole of the downstairs smells like wet dog. What can we do to get rid of the smell of wet dog?

Remove all carpets, wallpaper and plaster

And any wet dogs.

...... and any wet dogs, obv.

But we don't know if it's a molded plug, do we? If it is, you have the tricky problem of stripping the wire ends for the new plug if you have to cut the old one off.

I’d be checking for damp and if you find it, I’d be having a word with the surveyor.

Damp you say? Hadn't thought of that.

They did have a massive dog though. It smells of dog.

Yeah it's probably just the carpets then if there are any. You could try getting them cleaned, or hiring a carpet cleaner and doing it yourself.

Bicarbonate of Soda is the only reliable means I know of getting rid of bacterial smells like dog. Not sure how you'd treat carpets — I'd google it if I were you.

There's carpet cleaners that are formulated for getting rid of animal smells. Don't know how effective they are but it's probably worth a shot.

It's ok, the carpet is going for laminate flooring anyway. But the smell lingers in the kitchen and dining room which are already laminate. There are no curtains.

It all needs replastering and new wallpaper then?

First off I'd probably just try cleaning it all as thoroughly as possible, get behind the fridge and the cooker, everywhere that might not be obvious. Unless there is damp then I would doubt that the smell is coming from the walls.

Was it empty for a while before you moved in? Ours was and smelt really stale and strange for a while after we moved in. Either it went as we aired it out, or we just got used to it.

Tried cleaning the walls yet if its possible?

Spray everything with WD40.

Amusing AND correct. Technically the best kind of correct.

Having a bit of a clear out.

Does anyone need a load of mud with bits of bricks in? £2 per bag.

Also a full compost bin that's full of mud £12.

A bag of broken glass GONE

Big rotten table that smells of mushrooms GONE

The guy who lived here before us was a DIY/Gardening cunt.

Oh there is definitely damp as the decking outside is higher than the floor level and forms a bridge to the house. We've just had the damp man round to do some remedial work (we got the cost knocked off the price of the house) but it's not a damp smell, it's a dog smell. And they had a massive dog that roamed everywhere it seems.

Hearthly would have sold it already if it was a car... Just saying.

This works really well on cat smells, might be worth a shot if there's any specific carpet or whatever that you can pinpoint as having "a smell":

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Envii-Pet-Fres ... 01LY5QF6L/

That's much more useful than your Switch suggestion thanks. x

I don't think I could recommend using a Nintendo Switch to try and get rid of soggy dog smells. Surprised that Jem did, to be honest!

Wet dog smell? We should be so lucky!

I am occasionally useful

Gateway discovered.

Technically correct. Gateway became Somerfield which was bought by the Co-op about ten years ago.

Is your baby wearing eye liner?

Probably, she's northern. Practically fall out of the womb with a tide mark