Is this the answer?

[BaDaBoom]

Originally Posted by Twill413

Just mask the odor by cooking sauerkraut every day. She will not smell the smoke at all in any room if you have that going.

...or start brewing beer as a hobby. Smelling that will almost surely make her think the cigar stink is not very bad at all.

Just think of it as recalibrating her nose

[RenoB]

Well, I think I've got it. After inspecting everything about 5 or 6 times over the last month, I finally noticed some cobwebs between the joists moving near the fan assembly.

I removed the ceiling tiles to discover that the flange on the assembly had bent back during installation. Probably half of what was being exhausted was going right into the basement.

45 minutes later, I was enjoying a smoke in my office - and there was no response from my wife! Smoked four more over the course of the weekend and she never mentioned a thing

I let the exhaust fan run for an hour after I'm done, then turn on the air purifier overnight. Nary an odor in the room. Thanks to everyone for your input, I am in smokers paradise!

Now on to renovating the room . . .

[King James]

w00t w00t! Time to herf in there Rob! lets put that baby to the test and max er out..see how much smoke it can handle

[kansashat]

Originally Posted by Twill413

Just mask the odor by cooking sauerkraut every day. She will not smell the smoke at all in any room if you have that going.

Salmon patties might be effective too.

[Twill413]

w00t! MoB herfs have officially been moved to Rob's .

Seriously though, congrats on figuring out the problems. I will be much obliged to lose my money to you in poker so long as I get a consolation prize, if you know what I mean

[TheDirector]

Originally Posted by sirwood

Good idea. I would definitely want some more info.

As is, I would not recommend it. You may be cleaning the air by trapping the contaminates, but not sure if you are removing the odor. The odor may just stay with the filter - I could envision this thing stinking over time !

I would recommend exhausting your smoke, then cleaning the remaining air when you are done with a 'ionic breeze' (ozone) type device.

If still interested in this type of filter, consider:
- seeing it in operation
- determining the life & cost of replacement filters
- getting some specs on how loud this unit is

Let's get smoking !

Straight exhaust would only add extra cost of heating/cooling the make up fresh air. Proabaly alot cheaper in the long run.

Good luck!

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Twill413

w00t! MoB herfs have officially been moved to Rob's .

Seriously though, congrats on figuring out the problems. I will be much obliged to lose my money to you in poker so long as I get a consolation prize, if you know what I mean

Yahoo!! MoB Herf at Rob's!!