Forum Home
PC World Chat
 
Thread ID: 84855 2007-11-21 03:21:00 Allergy Thoughts SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
Post ID Timestamp Content User
613539 2007-11-21 03:21:00 I think I have become allergic to OAK wood . . like the new bedroom set I just bought this past couple of months .

It smells like burning cigarettes to me . . makes my eyes water and throat all scratchy .

Anyone else find this a problem too? :help:

I don't smell any preservatives or paints, stains or oils . . just that normally nice "wood smell" . Makes me sick now . :eek:
SurferJoe46 (51)
613540 2007-11-21 08:38:00 Sawdust? joemac (9739)
613541 2007-11-21 15:05:00 Sawdust?

Not really . . the finished product .

This is the bed . . . . . furnitureontheweb . com/NoFrame/items_direct/165291nf . html?adid=13--165291" target="_blank">www . furnitureontheweb . com

There's no particle board . . so I don't think it's formaldehyde or the finish . . . it just has a smoky cigarette smell if the air is still in the room . It smells like wood .
SurferJoe46 (51)
613542 2007-11-22 07:57:00 Maybe a mouse in one of the drawers.

Isn't a quart a liquid measure?
joemac (9739)
613543 2007-11-22 08:15:00 Nice bed! I'll have it. pine-o-cleen (2955)
613544 2007-11-22 08:33:00 I see it mentions oak vineer. Is the vineer over some sort of chipboard.
:)
Trev (427)
613545 2007-11-22 08:39:00 it will be something the wood was treated with. LiquidSolidity (1589)
613546 2007-11-22 08:55:00 At half price, something "smells"!,

Lurking.
Lurking (218)
613547 2007-11-22 15:50:00 I see it mentions oak vineer . Is the vineer over some sort of chipboard .
:)

No . . . it's all planks of oak . . . some of the unfinished and unseen parts under the bed are less than prime surface pattern . . . but no chip/particle board at all .

Here's the pixs of it in my room: . imagef1 . net . nz/files/100_04201195748094 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz

. imagef1 . net . nz/files/100_0421 . JPG" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz

Can you tell what side is mine?

I had to get a couple of guys to help deliver it for me . . . it has some really big parts, but there is some assembly required . We never found any softwoods or blemished wood in it anywhere . . . even where it doesn't show .

I believe that the headboard has some vernier and maybe the drawer faces too . . but it's really hard to see if there's any facade verniers at all .

The eight drawers are functional . . . the linens are in a couple of the wide side ones and my stuff in the end ones on the foot board .

The top of the mattress is at my belly button . . . my wife uses the step stool to get in but I don't have any troubles .

I had it since April and it seems that I'd notice if there's less odor by now . . but with the colder weather coming on and the windows closed more during the day, maybe I can smell the woods more now .
SurferJoe46 (51)
613548 2007-11-22 16:27:00 No neighbours who regularly burn wood? Or you have an open fire with a clogged chiney? Anything like that? rob_on_guitar (4196)
1 2 3 4