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UVV lamps can be pretty powerful. Get a fiilter/EAC with activated charcoal coupled with a good UVV lamp....there isn't much it can't handle.

Fresh air taken through the air handler ensures pressurization and ensures AC air leaks out through any crack or opening.

Fresh air taken through the air handler ensures pressization and ensures AC air leaks out through any crack or opening.

Originally Posted by ColdQuack

Hey, I've got the perfect solution: You said your family owns the apartment?Then tell them to make a no-smoking policy for tenants. Solution #2 -Just take up smoking for yourself, then you'll get used to the stench. Happy to help.

Solution #2 is perfect. I just quit smoking at the beginning of the year, so now I realize how powerful that smell can be. Lynn has it right, diagnose then fix.

they are right. you will notice if you run the exhaust fan in your bathroom and close the door, the bathroom will smell strongly of smoke, more than the rest of the house! get a box fan in the window for a cheap semi-cure

Got it solved

Originally Posted by ridlejs

Hey guys,
I specifically registered for this site to ask this one question. I can not take my apartment smelling like cigarrettes anymore. My neighbors are prolific smokers and it seeps into my apartment. But the weird thing is, this only happens when its hot or humid outside. It's 2:00 am here and I cant sleep because my eyes are burning its so bad. I usually open the windows which alleviates the problem to some degree, but its not helping tonight. (Raining outside). Does anyone have any solutions for this? I honestly can not live like this, but our family owns the apartment. So Im getting rent for basically half. So movings not really an option. I am open to spending money if it fixes the problem for good. Weve talked with our HVAC people and the only solution they provide is to buy an expensive uv light. They were around $1200 but Id be willing to buy one now if I know for certain it would work. Please someone give me some positive news!

Hey, I've got the perfect solution: You said your family owns the apartment?Then tell them to make a no-smoking policy for tenants. Solution #2 -Just take up smoking for yourself, then you'll get used to the stench. Happy to help.

No don't share the same unit. Don't share an attic either. There is a concrete slab in between te floors of the houses. The only thing is the trunk sits in a closet and we share a pipe with out upstairs neighbor.

Just checking, but you aren't sharing the same HVAC unit with the neighbors, right?

Im in the Austin, TX area. Do you guys have anyone in particular you can recommend?

Agree with the above, pressurized your apartment.

Forget the accuclean.

Deal with the source, don't let the smoke enter.

Then he is guessing and it your money. Move on. I advise an energy audit, blower door test that measures duct leakage as well. If they say, "Huh?" , move on. Your utility may help you or there may be a government entity to help (last choice) you find an energy auditor. The best ones for this are in HVAC.

He didn't measure any of that.

Originally Posted by ridlejs

... he said we could put the house into a positive pressure environment by installing what some mentioned here earlier. So what would you guys do?

I would start with this. How negative is the house pressure with the fan running? If the AC guy didn't measure and discuss this, keep looking.

balderdash. I'd give him the boot (pun intended).

Ok, so I had an hvac guy come out this afternoon. He pretty much gave me three options. His first option was to install the AS Accuclean. He said that this would filter the air pretty sufficiently. He said the next option is to replace the ductwork. This is obviously more expensive, but may be needed because the ducts are probably saturated with smoke. After that, he said we could put the house into a positive pressure environment by installing what some mentioned here earlier. So what would you guys do? I would love to pay less and install the Accuclean but will it work?

the uv light will not help, i repeat it will not help. From what you have described all of the smoke they are putting in the air is way too much for the uv light to handle. This is a tough question because i dont know the layout of your house, but maybe one problem may be that yall share the same attick and or crawlspace area. If so, that build a wall seperating them and seal that thing to the max. Seal your area, anything that is close to there side should be sealed. You could try disconnecting all of the ductwork to your area and sealing it up, then go buy window units. The uv light will take care of a little but it is not meant for a cigertte factory,so dont buy it unless you have reduced the problem id say 75 percent then add the uv light

Thanks For the replies. To clarify I live in Austin Tx. So hot summers and relatively mild winters. Humidity is not as high as coastal regions but I think it is relatively high.

SteeleAirOasis Post quoted in Post 7 must have been zapped as spam.

Originally Posted by SteeleAirOasis

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What a set up, stop wasteing our time.

This guy is all over the threads, same set up, check his posts