Ventilating a Cigar Room

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by Wharf Rat

You need to make sure that there is a source of fresh outside makeup air. If you exhaust without makeup air, you might lower the pressure in the basement. Then, if you have gas appliance or a fireplace, they won't draft right. That's potentially dangerous.

It's better to have more air coming in than going out (if there had to be an inbalance). What about a plain old wall fan with an exhaust? I use that in my house and it works great. I have had 7-8 people smoking at once in my kitchen and it exhaust good enough all considered.

[tsolomon]

The size of your pipes is going to be a problem when it comes to moving air. Look into the inline fans like Vortex, Fantech or Active Air. These are not cheap, but they are somewhat quiet and push a lot of air for their size.

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by tsolomon

Look into the inline fans like Vortex, Fantech or Active Air. These are not cheap, but they are somewhat quiet and push a lot of air for their size.

Wow, those are some serious fans!

Personally, I like the smoke to linger a little and then exhaust or exhaust at a rate where the smoke stays some until I am ready to kick it up a notch.