Zedman05
Fiend4theLeaf
I have been trying to figure out for a while now what the best move is for getting rid of the cigar smoke/smell when I smoke in the garage. I do have both kids' bedrooms above the garage, and want to keep the smell out of the house as much as possible. The roof of the garage is drywalled, but some smoke still seems to get in there if I have the doors closed for medium durations of time.
I installed a furnace (not a unit heater) in the garage, with a couple very light duty filters that are made with carbon impregnated material. The filters are from a filter shop, so they are not the cheapie type, but not something of the highest quality. I have played with the idea of installing an exhaust fan as well to get rid of the air higher up, as usually that is where the smoke hangs out, but would require another hole in the house that I am not partial to for no reason.
My question to anyone reading this far is; does anyone have any good/negative experience with carbon filtration, and if so, can you explain. Every web site that deals with carbon filtration states that it eliminates smoke smell. I have also looked into many air purifiers, and all the top end ones use a large amount of activated carbon in them (usually 10+ pounds) along with UV lights and whatnot. I know the UV lights are mainly there for the purification, not the smell relief, so that is not happening as it is a garage after all.
I am wondering, in a long-winded kind of way, if I should be going out and building a carbon filtration system for my garage, or would I just be wasting my time, and just exhaust all the air that I can. My only problem with that is the fact that it is cold in the winter, causing the heating bills to escalate to keep it a decent temp in the garage. I would rather circulate the air in the warm garage using the furnace fan.
Wow, thanks for reading :sarcastic
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I installed a furnace (not a unit heater) in the garage, with a couple very light duty filters that are made with carbon impregnated material. The filters are from a filter shop, so they are not the cheapie type, but not something of the highest quality. I have played with the idea of installing an exhaust fan as well to get rid of the air higher up, as usually that is where the smoke hangs out, but would require another hole in the house that I am not partial to for no reason.
My question to anyone reading this far is; does anyone have any good/negative experience with carbon filtration, and if so, can you explain. Every web site that deals with carbon filtration states that it eliminates smoke smell. I have also looked into many air purifiers, and all the top end ones use a large amount of activated carbon in them (usually 10+ pounds) along with UV lights and whatnot. I know the UV lights are mainly there for the purification, not the smell relief, so that is not happening as it is a garage after all.
I am wondering, in a long-winded kind of way, if I should be going out and building a carbon filtration system for my garage, or would I just be wasting my time, and just exhaust all the air that I can. My only problem with that is the fact that it is cold in the winter, causing the heating bills to escalate to keep it a decent temp in the garage. I would rather circulate the air in the warm garage using the furnace fan.
Wow, thanks for reading :sarcastic
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