The fumes were too much i stayed up till 05.30 with the windows open .
Evil smelly fuel oil is a very polite term .
I was waiting for the store with the rug doctor ( RD) to open at 08.00 & then hired one plus 5 litres of carpet cleanser concentrate and one of the heavy foot traffic sprays .
I gave the affected area a good dose of the traffic spray and used the empty machine to scrub it in , gave it another spray then made up a strong carpet cleaning solution in water as hot as I could bear to put my hand in , then got to work with the RD and the hand held unit to get right in deep at the skirting board area. This done I gave the worst affected area another traffic spray and used the now empty machine to scrub it in again , then left it alone
I took advantage of having the machine and zipped round the lounge , munchkins bedroom & the master bedroom , then went back over the worst affected areas again .
Cor the muck that came out of every where was truly amazing the recovered cleaner liquid and muck was just like thin oxtail soup and stank of the fuel oil.
All in all its made a tremendous difference , after coming back from returning the Rd off hire we found that there was barely a smell of the heating oil and even that should disappear with three or so days.
Both munchkin & I are breathing much easier this evening.