DIYbanter - View Single Post - post-painting tobacco smoke abatement

Kyle

wrote:
go back reprime with BIN and repaint. what did you do with the floors?
might seal with outdoor polyurethane.

We will possibly do that when these tenants move out - hopefully not
until the end of their lease!

The floors we scrubbed by hand with Murphy's floor cleaner, and they
seem to be OK.

The smoke odor gets in the wood and even concrete

Don't I know it. My father and I did an abatement in my aunt's house
when she quit smoking just before her first fight with breast cancer.
We got it all, and the house was fine...nothing nearly as persistent
and nasty as this. But when the walls are a dingy semi-tan white
rectangles on them from where a wall hanging was for 25 years, you know
you're in for fun.

soon smoking will die out, just as assuredly as it kills people
today...

We can only hope. Not just for the welfare of those of us who can't
handle being around smokers (I have a minor deficiency in my immune
system where I cannot remotely tolerate vegetation smoke such as
tobacco or burning autumn leaves), but for the health and well-being of
those who are killing themselves one drag at a time.

You might as well fix this and ONLY rent to non smokers. Yoiur NOT
fixing it for the tenant you are investing in your future!

Exactly why we bought this house. We're not in it to make money off the
tenants' rent, but to have their rent cover our mortage and expenses of
ownership while we build equity.

And while you cannot legally turn down a tenant who is a smoker, you
can put a clause in the lease that prohibits smoking of any kind inside
the house by either the tenants or visitors.