How to Keep House Smelling Okay? (lemmy.world)

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TL;DR: what are your tricks to keep the interior air of a house pleasant when living in a stinky locale?

For the next couple years, I am stuck on land* in a house that is occasionally downwind from a paper mill. Holy hell, the smell can be eye-wateringly bad when the winds blow just the wrong way. The house is ~1700 square feet with HVAC.

*I normally live on my sailboat and move around at will.

I have an ozone generator for serious de-stinking, but wow ozone is nasty even in small quantities. I have a Corsi-Rosenthal box, but that does nothing for smells. I was thinking maybe a big tray of activated charcoal in the HVAC intake and another in the CR box. In my experience, the tiny charcoal filters in most air cleaners get saturated in about 48 hours. What works for y'all? Super extra bonus points for ongoing maintenance and cost-reduction tips and tricks.

Thank you fellow Lemmings for anything ya got.

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[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Yeah an ozone generator is like fumigation, you should not be around when using it.

You're probably going to end up getting used to the smell. It's likely that if you ask your neighbors, this is what they'll tell you.

Your only other option is an industrial scale carbon filter, those will be expensive. They sell them for ahem grow operations if you're wondering where to start looking.

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 19 points 9 hours ago

I'll say it again for emphasis you don't want to be in the same room or building as an ozone generator. It has been linked to lung cancer

[-] Zarobi@aussie.zone 0 points 47 minutes ago

Whole family got poisoned by an ozone generator in Japan. They're everywhere for some reason over there. Horrible things. I check every hotel room now for hidden ozone.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 hours ago

I have a paper mill in my town but I've never gotten used to it. That being said, I'm not nearby and only smell it when driving by.

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