nnightmar
Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:43:39 PM
I have a project to make a cigar smoking room at home. Most everything is laid out but I am missing one critical component:

The ventilation.

I thought what better way to help my education than to ask the wise folks here.

Does anyone have any tips on things to watch out for?

Do you have a favorite place that has a ventilation system that rocks?

Perhpas you have you own place and want to detail you rig here?

Basically I am looking for any thoughts, help or pointers to help simplify the process.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I look forward to your input!

f16devils
Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:56:39 PM
I've been trying to figure out that one myself. I'm going to section off part of the basement for a smoking area.
wheelrite
Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:58:00 PM
open a window,,,

just kidding,,

I have to smoke outside..

Cereal City Cigar Smoker
Sunday, January 30, 2011 5:29:25 PM
I would think that a ceiling exhaust fan that vents to the outside would work well ..... just make sure it's powerful enough to pull the smoke up and out. Installing a drop down ceiling should work to cover it up.

c3s

MACS
Sunday, January 30, 2011 7:00:08 PM
Do you have an attic? If so... I suggest a Quiet Cool 2250. It's a whole house fan. Works like a charm and it vents to your attic and then out the attic vents.

http://www.quietcoolfan.com/buy.html 

f16devils
Sunday, January 30, 2011 7:28:47 PM

Do you have an attic? If so... I suggest a Quiet Cool 2250. It's a whole house fan. Works like a charm and it vents to your attic and then out the attic vents.

http://www.quietcoolfan.com/buy.html 

MACS wrote:

No attic here, just a basement.

skinnykenny
Sunday, January 30, 2011 7:48:10 PM
🇨🇮 🇨🇮 🇨🇮 You should be able to put an exhaust fan in and run it out to the side of the house. If your worried about smell seeping out I would insulated the joist spaces and seal it if you can, then dry wall it. Also if there is ventilation running into your room already the I thought about using the magnetic covers for the vents, putting in a cold air return in low so the exhaust fan I put in pulls out more air that what is needed. Use an outdoor door with a weather seal to make it so the odor doesn't seep out. And a air puifier to run after your done smoking for a hour or so, so that the smell leaves. But thats just me. 🇨🇮 🇨🇮
Thunder.Gerbil
Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:12:33 PM
Here's one of the better step-by-step guides out there

http://www.ryandeyer.com/cigar-room/ 

cooksta2
Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:31:51 PM
I have a cigar room inmy house and the most imprtant thing for me too was ventilation. Once I got cross ventilation it all worked very well. Dual window fan on one side and two windows open on the other. Removing the screen in front of the fan made a huge difference and if it is cold a portable heater kept the 12x16 room plenty warm. People that do not smoke have never noticed but I do keep a plug in aire freshener in at all times and if you have fabric furniture it is very difficult to get the slight smoke odor out so I recommend something that is easy to clean. I hope that helps you, it did the trick for me.
f16devils
Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:45:33 PM

🇨🇮 🇨🇮 🇨🇮 You should be able to put an exhaust fan in and run it out to the side of the house. If your worried about smell seeping out I would insulated the joist spaces and seal it if you can, then dry wall it. Also if there is ventilation running into your room already the I thought about using the magnetic covers for the vents, putting in a cold air return in low so the exhaust fan I put in pulls out more air that what is needed. Use an outdoor door with a weather seal to make it so the odor doesn't seep out. And a air puifier to run after your done smoking for a hour or so, so that the smell leaves. But thats just me. 🇨🇮 🇨🇮

skinnykenny wrote:

I was thinking about using a bathroom fan and a air purifier. Not sure how well it will work though. Has to be better than nothing at all.

nnightmar
Sunday, January 30, 2011 10:03:15 PM

I would think that a ceiling exhaust fan that vents to the outside would work well ..... just make sure it's powerful enough to pull the smoke up and out. Installing a drop down ceiling should work to cover it up.

c3s

Cereal City Cigar Smoker wrote:

Yeah I figured I would exhaust it out possibly thru the roof. Just have no idea what I need.

Where are the engineers at?

There's gotta be some sort of formula for determining the proper CFM to square footage...

nnightmar
Sunday, January 30, 2011 10:05:00 PM

Do you have an attic? If so... I suggest a Quiet Cool 2250. It's a whole house fan. Works like a charm and it vents to your attic and then out the attic vents.

http://www.quietcoolfan.com/buy.html 

MACS wrote:

This sounds interesting. Do you have one? Curious to hear first hand how it works.

nnightmar
Sunday, January 30, 2011 10:11:03 PM

🇨🇮 🇨🇮 🇨🇮 You should be able to put an exhaust fan in and run it out to the side of the house. If your worried about smell seeping out I would insulated the joist spaces and seal it if you can, then dry wall it. Also if there is ventilation running into your room already the I thought about using the magnetic covers for the vents, putting in a cold air return in low so the exhaust fan I put in pulls out more air that what is needed. Use an outdoor door with a weather seal to make it so the odor doesn't seep out. And a air puifier to run after your done smoking for a hour or so, so that the smell leaves. But thats just me. 🇨🇮 🇨🇮

skinnykenny wrote:

Hmmmm.....

Odor control I'm sure will be a priority as well.

I guess since there will be a roof I could vent it thu the roof or out the side. Just depends on what is going to work better.

Appreciate the tip about insulating. That should come in handy.

Never heard of the magnetic covers. If you have any more informaiton on this I woudl appreciate it.

Any recommendaitons on an air purifier?

nnightmar
Sunday, January 30, 2011 10:12:14 PM

Here's one of the better step-by-step guides out there

http://www.ryandeyer.com/cigar-room/ 

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:

Read this a few years ago. Even thought about calling the guy when I lived in MI. There are some good tips there. Really just trying to understand my options.

TTHunter
Monday, January 31, 2011 1:35:58 AM
I just vented my office. One the first try I did not get enough suction to make it ok for me to smoke. My accountant 2 offices over still complained of going home with her hair smelling of smoke. So I got with my HVAC contractor and we re-did the system. (he gave me full credit for all the parts used on the first go round)

I have 3 incoming air vents for A/C coming into my office and 1 return vent. We put baffles on the return air vent and 2 of the 3 A/C vents. We then hooked up a big ass suction pump to 2 new vents coming into the office. I think the new pump is rated at 2200 FPM. So now when I flip the switch the suction pump comes on and the baffles close the other vents and I have negative air pressure in my office. It actually makes it hard to close the door. Not real hard but you can tell its fighting you a bit.

The set up works great. No smoke in the hall, nothing. Even people coming into my office will often not notice any smell and not know I am smoking until they see me take a hit. The only thing I will change is I want to put a timer on the system instead of an on/off switch.

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