"I wondered if you had had any other questions about computers on beds. I have had an incident where a duvet protector had a large hole in it, I didn't think anything of it and duly placed it on Monday. However, I now have a hole in the new protector and a scorch stain on the duvet cover. On closer inspection it would appear that the guest is using her computer on the bed, and it looks like it has been left on all night and scorched both the duvet cover and protector together. I am now very concerned that this could quite possibly have started a fire. I wondered if you had received any other correspondence on this issue and if your members had any suggestions to counteract this problem. I do have desks and bedside tables in the rooms which guests can use, but it seems to be becoming commonplace to sit on the bed with the computer.
"I have decided to put warnings in all of my bedrooms but I would be interested to hear if this is a general problem, or whether it is just this one guest. I have already had a word with her as I do like to sleep soundly in my own bed, as well as the other guests."
The picture shows the "throw" used to cover the bed, scorched by the guest's laptop.
We'd be interested to hear from anyone who has had a similar experience - do contact us at comment@bandbassociation.org
We run a guesthouse and have recently noticed scorch marks on top of duvet covers and when we recently stripped a bed, the duvet was melted!. Most days we go into the rooms to clean and guests have left mobiles and lap tops charging (red hot), Hair curling tongs left on (one velvet chair seat damaged), extractor fans still whirring away and televisions on standby. We get the fire chief in asking for our fire risk assessment, checking we have labelled all doors, sealed the edge of doors, etc, and having spent a fortune on a fire alarm system and regularly having it serviced, our main threat is really from the guest bringing in their own equipment that no one is able to check!
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