Exhaust Fan For New Smoking Room?

[Tabacco]

I’d like to install an exhaust fan in a new smoking room I’m going to build outside my house.
In addition to removing smoke, I want to make sure the system is quiet, possibly programmable, and can prevent insects, water, and air from entering the room.
Has anyone here installed something like this in their own home (or seen a similar setup at a friend’s or relative’s place)?
If so, what solution did you use?

 

[huntertrw]

Exhaust Fan For New Smoking Room?​

One of these should suffice (unless you're smoking Five Brothers or Mixture 79, then you will need all three) :

 

[xrundog]

My room. Is small. And it already had a narrow hole in the wall with an exhaust flapper. I used a Panasonic whisper quiet 1200cfm bathroom fan. I built a box for it to mount over the exhaust hole.
There must be a more elegant solution for you though.

 

[The Benedictine]

A fan isn't going to help unfortunately

 

[georged]

Having smoke fill the room is part of the Tobacco Experience, imo.

Not having it there is like driving a convertible sports car with the top and windows up. It's just not the same.

 

[Sig]

A friend of mine puts one of those short window fans with 2 fans in his window while smoking. He says it works great. He's more concerned about the low hanging haze than he is the smell, but says it helps both immensely. They are relatively quiet.
They blow out and suck in for convenience.
Something like this....and they are cheap. Other than that you could use a bathroom fan if you dont have a window. They make some VERY powerful ones. But that's a whole job of cutting, wiring, climbing in the attic....ugg.

 

[Tabacco]

Having smoke fill the room is part of the Tobacco Experience, imo.

I don’t remember saying that I would have it on, while I’m there smoking.

 

[fireground_piper]

I put the quietest, cheap bathroom exhaust fan in one of our rooms where I smoke most of the time while in the house. It works fair enough just for clearing some smoke and moving air. It won't do much for smell if that's a thing you are going after.

I turn it on while I'm smoking, off when I'm not. I have it run to a light switch.

 

[Tabacco]

I don’t really care about the smell. It’s a smoking room it will smell fantastically.

My room. Is small. And it already had a narrow hole in the wall with an exhaust flapper. I used a Panasonic whisper quiet 1200cfm bathroom fan. I built a box for it to mount over the exhaust hole.
There must be a more elegant solution for you though.

Does the flap work well for bugs and critters?

 

[xrundog]

I don’t really care about the smell. It’s a smoking room it will smell fantastically.


Does the flap work well for bugs and critters?

Yeah. It seems to. I’ve had that rig going on 15 years.

 

[JoburgB2]

A friend of mine puts one of those short window fans with 2 fans in his window while smoking. He says it works great. He's more concerned about the low hanging haze than he is the smell, but says it helps both immensely. They are relatively quiet.
They blow out and suck in for convenience.
Something like this....and they are cheap. Other than that you could use a bathroom fan if you dont have a window. They make some VERY powerful ones. But that's a whole job of cutting, wiring, climbing in the attic....ugg.
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I had this very same type but a different make/brand of twin fan, variable speed, with independent reversible direction. The window had a screen, and the fan sat in the inside of the screen on the sill, so no problem with insects. When I smoked my pipe, I set both window fans to exhaust. On the opposite side of the room (my home office), on a desk table I had a small oscillating fan on low speed to help push the drift of the smoke over to the exhaust action of the window fan. It worked fantastic. Inexpensive and quiet.

 

[JOHN72]

I just roll down the window a bit and that's enough. Fortunately there is a draft, which goes from the smoking room to the kitchen. Even if I close the door, it escapes through the draft. The automatic exhaust would spoil the aroma of the room.

 

[huntertrw]

Does the flap work well for bugs and critters?

Yes; however, a vent with both flap and screen provides maximum protection:

 

[irishearl]

I simply put a box fan in my open den window which is the only place I smoke. Sucks out the smoke quite well.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I’d like to install an exhaust fan in a new smoking room I’m going to build outside my house.
In addition to removing smoke, I want to make sure the system is quiet, possibly programmable, and can prevent insects, water, and air from entering the room.
Has anyone here installed something like this in their own home (or seen a similar setup at a friend’s or relative’s place)?
If so, what solution did you use?

This thread by @monty55 might be interest to you:

Smoking Room Ventilation :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion

So, my oldest daughter, whom I live with, was complaining about the pipe tobacco smell that sometimes escaped my room. She's not looking for a better smelling tobacco... she want's no tobacco smell at all. I basically live in my room, and the kitchen. I always keep my door shut and try to...

pipesmagazine.com

 

[Bub]

You might want to keep in mind that to blow air out you need a way for fresh air to come in.

 

[Searock Fan]

Depends on you set up... When I built my smoking room I bought the quietest bathroom exhaust fan I could find. To me, the noise was a big factor. I didn't want to knock a hole in the outer brick wall so I rigged it to shoot the smoky air into the attic above our garage which is very well ventilated. It has worked fine for over 20 years now.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

I want to make sure the system is quiet, possibly programmable, and can prevent insects, water, and air from entering the room.

Hmm. I know we do like our pipe tobacco and the smoke that is inherent in its combustion…… but……. as highlighted in what I quoted in your statement….. you do NOT want air to enter the room?!?

That seems a bit risky, if you ask me, even the most stalwart pipe smoker still needs SOME air.

 

[Tabacco]

Right. I will have incoming air. But not from the exhaust fan .

 

[zercules]

A friend of mine puts one of those short window fans with 2 fans in his window while smoking. He says it works great. He's more concerned about the low hanging haze than he is the smell, but says it helps both immensely. They are relatively quiet.
They blow out and suck in for convenience.
Something like this....and they are cheap. Other than that you could use a bathroom fan if you dont have a window. They make some VERY powerful ones. But that's a whole job of cutting, wiring, climbing in the attic....ugg.
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I use a similar fan as this for my small home office and it works well enough for pipes. For cigars, it does clear smoke out the room, but the stronger smell can still make its way out to the hall. The pipe smoke smell is always contained in the office, and easily covered up with a nice candle. The fan helps keep from the smell building up since it’s harder for smoke to settle. 3 days of the week minimum (e.g. I don’t think I’d have nose blindness) I’m not smoking whatsoever and there’s never been a detectable smell that lingers, which I attribute to having negative pressure in the room while smoking.

One of those bathroom exhaust fans would be much more efficient. Modern ones are surprisingly strong and relatively quiet.

All of that said, those window fans work pretty well.