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Glacies

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Especially when you live with a woman?

I have this perfect room for smoking. It has my fish tank in it, my scotch cabinet, a corner fireplace with a copper chimney. It's just a really cool room, but the air flows directly into all the bedrooms in the house.

My Fiance' who's really cool about my smoking cigars has always asked me to keep it outside. I've happily obliged, but everytime I sit in this room.... I start twitching.

What are the in-house smoking techniques for those that aren't able to easily do it?
 
X2 from Wurm. If she's not cool with the smell, might be better to keep it outside. I'm fortunate to have a woman who doesn't mind it so much as long as I keep the smell under control. Converted my office to a smoking room by getting a window fan that blows it out, and seal the door from it escaping into the other rooms. I usually febreeze the crap out of it afterwards and light a candle. She's been fine with it since but if she wasn't so understanding, I'd be outside. Plus I only do this a couple times a week so it's not as bad.
 
Build another room with complete separation otherwise it ain't gonna happen.
 
Has anyone had any luck with air purifiers? I had the same idea as glacies but i don't have the balls to try...Maybe a couple of those heavy duty air purifiers would work...Along with sealing the door and the air vents...Just my .02
 
No luck on those air purifiers here. It was one of those ionizers from sharper image. Probably crap but does nothing IMO.

Oh and if you have carpeting, won't help. I had to redo mine with wooden floors so all I febreeze is the couch and curtains.
 
If you have a chimney in the room, just put a Vornado fan on the hearth, aim it toward the flue, open the damper, crack a window some where on the opposite end of the area, and it should pull 99% of the smoke out the room. I'd recommend a Lampe Berge, it kills the smoke smell fairly well. The Fresh Aire from EcoQuest does a good job of removing the smoke smell, however, they are not cheap.

If she still isn't happy, my advice - get a new fiancée. :sign:
 
Basically you will need to take everything out of the room that has some type of fabric material. This includes carpet, drapes, fabric finished furniture etc...

Seal the vents off well, not with the magnet covers but something that will not allow smoke to travel into the vents. Also if you have a air return you are screwed and it will not be worth attempting to seal the room off. Stay away from the air purifiers that sharper image or most retail stores sell, you need a smoke scrubber/ionizer. Commercial grade units that mount to the ceiling or hang down and have charcoal filters and vent outside are the best. However some commercial units that exchange the air work fine for home use also.

Keep in mind since smoke rises any type of gaps between wood flooring or sheet rock or upstairs the smoke will find and go through. Without a ionizing unit you will always have a stale smoke smell unless you allow windows to be open to exchange the air or run your scrubber all the time. It can be done but in most cases it is not cheap to do in order to make the better half happy. If money is not an issue for a remodel then go for it.
 
Like AVB says, build a separate room. The one I'm building is all about not letting smoke into the rest of the house. It's not cheap though, nearly a grand in air moving equipment alone, and I don't even want to know what the cherry paneling is costing me. Tile floor and an exterior type door with rubber seals and sweeps to keep smoke from getting out. After that, I will have to find som leather furnature.

In other words, you have to remove as much smoke as possible, as well as not leave any surfaces in the room for it to absorb into.
 
I have a room with hardwood floors and leather chairs. I smoke in it on ocassion. When I do, I put a box fan in the window to draw the smoke out while I sit directly underneath of it. This leaves virtually no smoke smell afterwards. One day I tried it while I was in the office with the same fan method. It did not work, and the only difference was having carpet in the room. It took a couple of days to get the smell out of the room. My wife does not think stale cigar smoke stinks, while I think it smells like moldy ass.

Luckily, my wife is cool about these sort of things. (She was not even born until 1971 Doc :love: )

So, I would not really even try it if you have fabric chairs or carpet in the room, if you think your lady will have something to say about the after effects.
 
Just a little frame of reference. My non-smoking mother in-law was offended, the first time I met her, when I declined to smoke in her house. She told me in no uncertain terms that she expected her guest to be comfortable. Times change.

Doc.
 
Let me know how that works out!!!!!! :laugh:

Glacies said:
Especially when you live with a woman?

I have this perfect room for smoking. It has my fish tank in it, my scotch cabinet, a corner fireplace with a copper chimney. It's just a really cool room, but the air flows directly into all the bedrooms in the house.

My Fiance' who's really cool about my smoking cigars has always asked me to keep it outside. I've happily obliged, but everytime I sit in this room.... I start twitching.

What are the in-house smoking techniques for those that aren't able to easily do it?
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We have a drop ceiling in our finished basement and when we built the house we put in a 2ft x 4 ft Honeywell air purifier. I personally think it is overkill but my wife stipulated that if I would be smoking cigars indoors I had to get one. It works well as long as you replace the charcoal filters as needed - which I don't because I'm a lazy ass. We also run an EcoQuest Fresh Air unit as needed - those times when I have not as yet replaced the charcoal filters. It has a purifying mode which pretty much takes every smell out of the room- you have to vacate the area while the EcoQuest is in the purification mode.

If you get an EcoQuest - follow the directions on how to set it up. The first time I used one I cranked it wide open- and after three days I could not taste or smell anything. I guess that is why it comes with directions :rolleyes: . After 6 months I tried it again adjusting it periodically and now it works fine.
 
tone-ny said:
SeeGars said:
Wussies!!! :D
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I'm going to your house to smoke! When's the herf?
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I can guaran-damn-tee you that whenever we have herfs, my guests smoke anywhere they like in the house, just as I do nearly every day! Wife doesn't mind at all. Last night, she had a JL Patricia from 99 whilst I smoked a PLPC from 04 in our kitchen.

CHEERS!!!!
 
I say, "Wench get me a cigar and a brew". :laugh:

Really, when it is as hot as it is now, she doesn't mind me smoking in the house. I do from time to time, but I prefer to smoke outside. I have a couple of the Oreck air filters, and eventually they remove the smoke smell, but not real time. Not worth the money for the job they do.

Ken
 
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