Re: How to rid house of Smoker's Stench - Landlord Forum thread 327819

Re: How to rid house of Smoker's Stench by Chris (WI) on November 24, 2014 @11:09

One of my property's came with a smoker. When I finally evicted him for non payment we had a mess to clean up.

I did a lot of research and found out the only way to really make a dent in covering up the smell is to use BIN primer.
It is fire and smoke restoration primer.
I used 10 gal of the stuff and had to cover every painted surface with it. A 1000SqFt ended up having over $1000 in paint and primer to minimize the smell.
I had to replace many of the blinds because I could not wash off the stench. I had to take off all the vent covers and try to clean them out as best as I could as well.
I ran the vent fans 24hrs a day and installed odor reducing furnace filters.

The smell gets into all the wood work and will continue to permeate out for years. If you can get the house for cheap it may be worth the work involved.

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