Ugh the smell, its back :(

[Runes911]

Originally posted by: Squisher
Yes, I second that suggestion of Ozone treatment. You can rent them or buy. Google: Alpine Fresh.

What has changed in the last few days? Run the A/C? Built a fire in a fireplace? I'm thinking you might need something to give the house positive air pressure like a Scuttle vent. You said you could see the wood in the attic in the stains. That sounds like negative air pressure.

Nothing changed really. Other than the outside temperature, it rose above 70 for the first time. Living in Louisiana, starting in Feburary, we use the a/c and heater different time of the day so its not that.

Scuttle vent?

Edit: This thing? Does it really do as the descriptions states?

 

[Super56K]

You sure people just don't use your house while you're gone? Leave $20 on the table one day, and if when you come back it's gone and the smell is there, there is your answer.

 

[Jeff7]

Sell it to someone who smokes. Or if there's enough nicotine left in the air, still sell it to a smoker, but advertise that they'll save money on cigarettes.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Shampoo the carpets with beer, you'll never smell smoke again

 

[thomsbrain]

god, i'd just pull all the drywall down and start fresh.

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Runes911

HVAC vents? Replace the filters?

It is not just the vents, it is the DUCTS as well.

Oh, and it could easily have come back right now because the temperatures are just now warming up.

Eactly what I was thinking.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Runes911

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Scuttle vent?

Edit: This thing? Does it really do as the descriptions states?

Because our houses are getting more well sealed and certain appliances (furnace, water heaters, etc.) exhaust air out, our houses get a level of negative air pressure. This causes all kinds of problems. It could be drawing in air through the small cracks in your walls and through the insulation which may be saturated with cigarette smoke.

Search in the upper right hand of this page for "negative air pressure."


The Alpine Fresh unit is what they bring in when they've found the rotting corpse of your mother-in-law that you've stashed in your closet for six months. It should work on your cigarette smell.

 

[George P Burdell]

Another vote for ozone.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
how sad that a house can be ruined like that. the whole inside was used as a chimney.

have you had the ductwork cleaned?

guaranteed the smoke has caked the inside of the ducts.

 

[lokiju]

Alpine machine that produces ozone then crank that sucker up to max when you're not home and let it basically bleach the smoke smell out of everything.

Works great but you'll have to get used to the ozone smell (which doesn't take long)

 

[NiteWulf]

I doubt the walls are still contributing to the problem, having been repainted, but try washing them with ammonia

 

[eits]

leave the gas stove on and use an electronic timer on a few lamps... leave for the weekend, come back, collect insurance money, rebuild dream home.

 

[richardycc]

we bought a smoker's house last May, we pretty much replaced, repainted all the wall, repainted all the ceiling on the first floor, should repaint all the ceiling upstair too, but didn't. The smell was gone pretty much 2 months after we moved in. I cant smell any smoke smell, but the other day, when it was ~70degree out, I can barely smell a trace of it on the 2nd floor. I opened all the windows upstair and the smell was pretty much gone or I didnt notice anymore. I think the real test is when the temp is 90+degree outside again this summer, wish me luck.