Ventilation Question

[Hermit]

I use a window fan.

[SoCal gunner]

I put a call into an HVAC company to discuss it and hear what they have to say. As many of you so graciously mentioned, I have the ability to smoke outside more so than others. With that said, I'm not willing to go full-bore with a separate dedicated HVAC unit, etc. I'm hoping to go with something like Tony, G, and Mark have talked about. I'm not going to build a full walk-in humidor or any of that stuff either. Just want the option to smoke indoors, if reasonable.

[SoCal gunner]

Well, not so great news...

The portion of the attic above this room does not have any gable or roof vents. My roof is clay tile, so I'd be looking at hiring a roofer to remove some tile, cut a 14"x14" hole for a dome vent and then tile/patch around it.


If I had somewhere for the air to go ,the HVAC guy recommend going with one of these fans:

Said that's what he uses for his wife's cigarette room - lol. Check the cfms.... 1472 - right at Mark's target. Said I could either open the window or just pull from the rest of the house.

[Emperor Zurg]

Whew! Dodged that bullet. That's one more project you don't have to do.

Maybe you need to make some kind of box that holds about 1 cubic foot of activated carbon and then use a small blower to force air thru it. Maybe add a HEPA filter to the stack if it won't remove the smoke particulates.

Porbelm solvd. Ur welcome.

[josh lucky 13]

So up is not ideal then out is thru the side is your option

[SoCal gunner]

So up is not ideal then out is thru the side is your option

Side is out - no where for fan placement. Side could be used for air intake, but not needed.

The stigma for me is cutting a hole in the roof - just seems like no good ever comes from that, plus the escalating costs. That and it would probably be unsightly on the front facing side of the house.

[josh lucky 13]

Side is out - no where for fan placement. Side could be used for air intake, but not needed.

The stigma for me is cutting a hole in the roof - just seems like no good ever comes from that, plus the escalating costs. That and it would probably be unsightly on the front facing side of the house.

2 options thru the ceiling pipe to outside wall to vent out. Fan can be in ceiling just above the sheetrock
Option 2 vent in wall high up vent down between the studs put the fan there then vent out the house.

[Nature]

@WNYTONY I like your set up.
I agree with @josh lucky 13
Sounds like it would be easier to go through a side wall, ideally in the attic, rather than through clay tile roof.

It might be easiest, although not as refined or aesthetic, to put a fan in an open window, double hung or sash like @Emperor Zurg said would be best so that it doesn’t just suck air in from outside and right back out.

In the set up I am contemplating, it is a basement room with no windows. Up into the ceiling and out the sill is my plan.

[Nature]

I recently installed an exhaust fan for our cooktop. Up and out the side.
When you are getting up in the 1400 CFM, you are looking at 8” exhaust ducting or larger. Straight, smooth sided ducting provides the best flow.

I say a blower installed in the attic, ducted to the outside with an intake in your ceiling. Less noise that way too as it is remote. Some systems have the blower at the distal exhaust end.

I know it is not exact, but same concept. My cooking exhaust.

You could dress it up and build a box cover to match the house if needed, or even just painting to match will help.



The ducting to outside. I still need to enclose it. Run something like this in the attic.



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[Nature]

If you have soffits, you could vent up through ceiling then exhaust down through soffit. Nothing visible on outside then.