Ventilating a Cigar Room

[Wharf Rat]

You might also want to look at fans that are designed to mount on the wall and exhaust gas appliances such as water heaters. You aren't burning gas, of course, but it's set up to mount on the side wall.

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.

[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.