Cigarette smell out of a house?
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07/29/22 10:40 AM
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Gary Benson
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A fella that went to work for my boys is renting my house. Everyone swears he isn't smoking in the house but it still stinks like he is. Anything work to get the smell of smoke out of a house when he moves on?
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Cigarette smell out of a house?
[Re: Gary Benson]
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07/29/22 10:57 AM
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steam clean the carpets , wash and paint walls , remove all window coverings and wash.
the smoke smell lingers as residue on surfaces , so a very thorough cleaning is how most apartments get turned over from one resident to the next with no major lingering smoke smell
good carpet cleaning and wall washing with TSP soaking any blinds in soapy water and cleaning may be enough
a little OdoBan wouldn't hurt
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Cigarette smell out of a house?
[Re: Gary Benson]
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07/29/22 11:16 AM
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My brother is a landlord and in these cases you ALWAYS have to repaint the entire interior as well. The nicotine permeates into everything. Check with your paint store about the proper paints and other chemicals necessary to remove nicotine.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Cigarette smell out of a house?
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gasoline and a match.
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Re: Cigarette smell out of a house?
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Ozone generator for lingering smell X2
The bitterness of poor quality last a lot longer than the sweetness of low price
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Re: Cigarette smell out of a house?
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Why tolerate such a problem? Get rid of the guy before it goes on even longer. Then clean and sanitize.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: Cigarette smell out of a house?
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I hope you got one heck of a large security deposit. You're going to need it badly if you want to pay for all the paint, carpet, woodwork, drywall, outlet covets and cleaning supplies needed to rent to a non smoker, who won't tolerate that pervasive stench, in the future.
Keith
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Re: Cigarette smell out of a house?
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07/29/22 04:29 PM
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ozone generator. Try to rent one of the big commercial ones. We used them in hotels when a guest smoked in a non-smoking room and they really worked.
If they've been in the house for a long time: extract the carpets and anything soft like furniture and put an ozone generator in the place for a couple of days. Move it around from room to room since ozone doesn't last in the air very long because the ozone molecule is broken down every time it does it's job breaking down the molecules that smell like smoke.
-Ryan
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