How do I get the smell of smoke out of our house?

[LunarSea]

Some of you might have seen on the Summer Party thread that we've had a rather eventful night with a cast of millions - firemen, policemen, scenes of crime officers, fire investigation people, elctricity board people..... still to make an appearance are loss adjusters, more electricians, skip hire crew, etc.

Fortunately we're all ok, and the damage was mostly confined to the garaage (and contents thereof) - but now we need to clean up.

Anyone got any ideas (other than simply leaving as many doors and windows open as possible for a while) about how to get the smell of smoke out of the house? And does anyone know if insurance co's would pay for cleaning curtains, etc if the curtains were in the house (and aren't actually damaged, they just smell of smoke) but the fire was in the garage?

I'm pretty sure your insurance company will pay for everything affected by the fire. I got your E-mail about the meetup and it's a shame you can't come. Maybe you'll feel like escaping by weekend, even if you just come for Saturday day like some of the others.

As regards the smell of smoke, I've no idea. I'm just glad you are all okay.

So sorry to hear all this: how very upsetting.
I agree that insurance could well cover cleaning -give them a call. I wonder if the Fire Service offer follow-up advice for victims of fire? (any excuse to visit a Fire Station, me!)

look here
and google 'after a fire smoke smells'

Blu - we had the fire brigade "victim support unit" out in the middle of the night. They seemed almost disappointed that we hadn't inhaled any smke, and the worst thing that any of us was suffering from was cold feet!