My neighbors moved out soon after. Again, that is a breach of warranty. I hate to say it, but you may want to consider moving, and tell the landlord why. What rights do homeowners have? The list of restrictions is often long, but this is a good time to look through it to see if smoking is prohibited. I didn’t mean to judge. Seal all the gaps as you find them; smoke can’t come through drywall or cinderblock itself. By the time the deal closed in October, it was too chilly to make use of the alfresco part of my workspace, but what’s a few months? I have HOA, they say not much you can do? When I complained to the landlady, she slapped me with a termination threat, “for my health.” Horrible. Have you figured out a way to control this? Second-hand tobacco smoke is not in and of itself a nuisance. I rent the 2nd floor of a 2 family house and i will now need to remove the A/C and keep my windows shut. Walmart has all kinds of animal urine….spray it around the patio NOT ON…but around it on your property..It will drive them away. Any help would be appreciated! Write a couple letters, then file a breach of warranty cause of action. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. Hopefully this idea takes off. The air under my nose—smoke-free air from indoors—kept moving. I even chased the stench to the crevice in the door frame to the bathroom. Here’s what I learned, with letter grades assigned to denote effectiveness. I’m dealing with this right now in my NYC high-rise condo and one thing I got were these padded stickers that go behind the faceplates of all of our outlets and switches to seal the cutouts that are cut larger than the actual electric boxes. Our website, archdigest.com, offers constant original coverage of the interior design and architecture worlds, new shops and products, travel destinations, art and cultural events, celebrity style, and high-end real estate as well as access to print features and images from the AD archives. I play ice hockey all year round (I’m Canadian, and it’s a great workout). All rights reserved. There is more privacy in public restroom. The smell of cigarette smoke in my kitchen used to be unbearable, but I haven't smelled it at all since I started using the air filter, which was about six months ago.- Here’s how we’ve been tackling the problem. she might as well just come up to my place and put her feet up and have a coffee with her smoke. They wont help in this matter regarding a couple of downstairs neighbors smoking too close to the building, causing smoke fumes to get sucked in the outside AC units. will carpet with floor coving underneath stop these fumes? Cannot water plants without her being outside even late at night and I use a torch, must get outside light fixed! Q. I own and live in a condo in White Plains, where I work from home. It's really annoying when you're a non-smoker or a light smoker and your neighbor downstairs in … I drove neighbors away from smoking by my windows and deck. Architectural Digest may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. It’s not just about the pot—I’d feel the same about incessant cigarette smoke. About a year ago, I started noticing that we had a lot of smoke coming in to our home, but it became worse in the past few months. I live in a state where marijuana is now legal. I opened my balcony door and placed a square window fan facing outward, so that it would draw air from inside the house and blow it out. I own a condo in Pinole & 2 of my neighbors smoke (1 is a renter). I do, however, mean it when I say that I can’t work in a skunky haze of fumes, even if the smoker has a legit need to smoke it. Yes its an irritant to all…but some like me affects my breathing – I have asthma and it cause major wheezing. We’ve sealed around the door to our HVAC unit and are installing active charcoal filters in the vents. No. Smoke free places are much more appealing to buyers. I decided to try other things first. Researchers found few flowering plants that fought cigarette smoke chemicals as aggressively as foliage plants. YOU need to read carefully. Ridiculous lowlife scumbags, that’s who. They’ve since been replaced by lovely people with a mild cigarette habit that’s almost quaint in comparison. Finding the gaps is really hard, so I sympathize! Trust me. Exactly my situation, Bob. Complaining to them, the landlord or the condo management is unlikely to accomplish anything more than alienating your neighbour. For smaller gaps, like those between pipes and walls, silicone caulk or expanding foam will do a good job, but a couple of applications may be needed for a perfect seal. Trust me, as soon as you say breach of warranty they will either fix it, or if they don’t, they will have to pay for your move, back rent, etc. Just read your post. If you get on well with your neighbor – apart from the smoke smell – you might be able to work together to locate exit and entry points. • Once you find the entry points of the secondhand smoke, seal the gaps. The owner recommended getting an exhaust fan to fit the window but that means we will need to keep it running and still never get any fresh air into the house! Good quality air filters are expensive (almost $1,000 for ones that actually work) so you might as well spend your money on a more healthful space. Then I set myself up outside. There's a hole in the wall (under the pipes) and it's windy. Smoking in … The U.S. It’ll be chaos! English says according to Washington state law, if you’re bothered by the smoke for any reason, your neighbor has to put the fire out. And F’ the smokers who think 2nd hand smoke is a myth….they are just idiots with habits they cant break and want to justify. Surgeon General has determined that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke and that eliminating smoking in indoor spaces is the only way to fully protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke exposure. This place could have been insulated better. After experiencing the IQ Air filter in action, we decided not to trust our health to cheaper filters that don’t work: the air purifier market is saturated with ineffective crap (in the words of my husband, who did the research).  The IQ Air was expensive but worth it:  the air in our home doesn’t get that stale quality to it anymore, and we have not smelt any smoke for a few weeks (read about my product review policy here). The DIY Decorator’s Eco-Friendly Lighting Dilemma, Plant Profile: Burning Bush (Euonymus Alatus), Breathe Easy: How to Stop Your Neighbour’s Cigarette Smoke From Coming In, Through an open window or fresh air intake duct, if the neighbour is “smoking responsibly” outside, Through openings between units (e.g. I have those gasket thingys, but they don’t do a lot of good. I hate that my babies are breathing in second hand smoke all the time 🙁. People suck. Still bad advice. Secondhand smoke cannot be controlled by ventilation, air cleaning, or the separation of smokers from nonsmokers. If you're not in a smoke-free building there is no law prohibiting your neighbor from smoking in his own apartment. Most of it is bad. My neighbors made their patio on the side of their house, next to my bedroom and bathroom, 20 ft. away, into their living room. The 30 foot high cedar hedge between us does nothing to stop the smoke. Turns out, it’s far more complicated than a few scented candles. Ad Choices, I'm Not a Smoker, but My Neighbors Are—Here's What I Did About It. If you rent, sue the landlord for breach of warranty. The smoke wafts gently over to my house which is approximately 100 feet away. You have a right to smoke but my family and I also have a right to not smoke. Once the smoke is in the ductwork, it’s everywhere, and there is no way to block it off without cutting off your heat as well. To deal with the odour of cigarette smoke, a filter needs a means to trap VOCs (volatile organic compounds) – most commonly an activated carbon filter – and a HEPA filter to deal with particulate matter. ’Tis true! $$$ You will have to move, but they will pay for it and you can hopefully find a smoke free building to live in. When he smokes in his backyard, the smoke drifts towards my house. I am severely allergic to such things as cigarette smoke. Here's how you can remove cigarette smoke and odors from your indoor air. I need to figeure out a way to put a filter over our A/C unit. She is recommending a two step filter system; HEPA is just one of the filters. If you look online under businesses that seal air-leaks in houses for energy efficiency, they sell all kinds of tools that deal with this. If you can smell stale cigarette smoke (there really are few worse smells), the first thing to do is attempt to discover where it’s coming in. According to the Smoke Free Ontario Act, tenants and owners are prevented from smoking in the common areas of multi-unit buildings. My neighbors don't care that their smoking on the patio aggravates my asthma, that 2 of my cats now have asthma and that I have a young baby in the apt. If it is, you can complain to the board or HOA about the smoking. I live in the upper apartment of a two family house. My neighbor only occasionally smokes inside his condo and the wall we share is the kitchen wall. Here in Ottawa (where I am) smoking has been banned in public spaces, and there’s talk of banning it in multi-unit residential buildings too. Second-hand smoke is extremely dangerous, containing more than 40 cancer-causing agents. Spring may be for lovers (and stoners), but it’s also for mosquitoes. I asked them nicely 3 times and after they said TUFDF shit this is our property …I stopped being nice and gave them a taste of rude inconsiderate asshole neighbor back Took awhile but they learned a lesson not to bully non smokers with their smoke. Keep in mind that even the best filter won’t be able to pull air up or downstairs, so you may need one for every floor. In our situation, we got lucky, and were able to pretty much block off the sources of smoke. But as you can see from some of the other comments here, often you end up playing whack-a-mole with smoke sources. Garden mums (Chrysanthemum morifolium or … A private nuisance is something that interferes … smoke from premises occupied by the armed forces or visiting forces; How smoke complaints are assessed. And I was smelling it coming through my range hood, so I had it replaced with a ductless model (it was old and not working well, and I’d been meaning to replace it for years, anyway). Idiot man. The results were impressive. But the law is on your side, in smaller dwellings you can stop a tenant from smoking. Step 1. © 2021 Condé Nast. We live in a smoke-free townhouse, and everyone smokes! The only fail-proof solution to this problem is for buildings to go entirely smokefree, either by a policy voluntarily adopted by building management or by local ordinance. I have been in the back yard and had to go in the house when they start smoking because their 2nd hand rolls over the fence into our patio in some cases but we have watched it literaly travel past the A/C unit, I would love to figure out how to add a filter to it to at least help, Same problem here, except we don’t even turn on the A/C and the smoke is still getting in. But he recommends taking a gentle tack the first time around – some people aren’t aware the fine particles in smoke aggravate asthma. This time, they mixed with the citronella scent, which confused both me and the mosquitoes. Remember that there may be more than one point of entry: in our case blocking off one gap in the basement helped, but also forced the smoke up behind the drywall to the second floor, where it came in from the electrical outlets and the baseboards. It really makes me wonder what other sorts of holes there are behind my cabinets, baseboards, etc., but I can’t tear them all out to find out. Our gardens are roughly 15 feet wide, and 30 feet long, so plenty of space, but it has to be nearest our joining wall and next to our fence. We are seeking your advice in relation to anything we can do or anyone we can contact to help us eliminate the smell of smoke coming from next door into … HOA need to realize more and more people have asthma and problems with smoke. If you are on good terms with your neighbours, they may let you check their unit and make the seal on their end. Write two letters asking them to remedy the problem immediately, they won’t because they don’t want to pay for it, then sue them. Talk to your neighbor about the secondhand smoke exposure. What kind of losers smoke anyway in 2017. As far as I was concerned, this condo was a perfect fit for me, a single freelancer who works from home. File charges in court and also pursue it with Home Owners Association if you have one. We’ve caulked around the top of the baseboards, but the building did not want to caulk around the bottom where they meet the wood floor. Certainly, asking them to not smoke because it is bothering you will probably sound rude even if you are polite when you approach them. If you “sniff around” and become very sure that the floors are somehow the problem you’re probably still out of luck, unfortunately. I first saw the space in August, and instantly fell in love with the private balcony off the third-floor room that would become my office. Typically, cigarette smoke is transferred from one unit to another through air vents, pipes, gaps in insulation, electrical outlets, ceiling fixtures, windows and doors. As summer arrived and the heat rose, airing out my sweaty gear inside the house became pretty gross. Photo by feifeilee.. Dear Sad with Smoke, We feel your pain. That is what you pay for. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated as of 1/1/21) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated as of 1/1/21) and Your California Privacy Rights. Place an ozone ionizer in your home. As most nonsmokers know, it’s hard to appreciate someone else’s smoking habit. I just bought a condo; I didn’t exactly have a ton of cash to spare. Although we put a towel to block the hole, it's still an issue. An apartment full of smoke is uninhabitable and you are not getting what you are paying for. One place I discovered it was coming through was my *sinks. Copyright © 2018 by Jennifer Priest. They literally sit outside all day and night and watch TV and smoke. Also, how do you *find* gaps if they’re not obvious? When I was smoking, I never had any complaints as I smoked in my apartment bathroom (which I have since repainted) and checked with my neighbours to make sure it wasn’t bothering them or going into their places. You’ll make sure you VOTE them out next term or election and get someone in there WHO will make smoke free zones. for shared plumbing or electrical systems), Through shared HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) between units, Adding a fence or increasing the height of the fence between you and your neighbour to alter the airflow path, and allowing more time for smoke to dissipate, Positioning a large fan the blow air out a window that the smoke would otherwise come in. Tell HOA Board if you are resident. Put one in a window on the opposite side of your house from your neighbor and make this one blow clean air into the house. Yes. Seriously, smokers are some of the most selfish people on earth.. Just wait till October 17th 2018 in Canada when cannabis becomes legal and everyone goes ape shit over that smell when people start burning in their apartments. I have no problem with my neighbors smoking on their premisis as its not against the law ( i wish it was) its just that my daughter and I are both severely allergic to smoke. As we had a variety of places the smoke was coming in, we sealed all the gaps we could find, but we also invested in an excellent high-powered air filter. How To Remove Cigarette Smoke Coming From Neighbor's Apartment. Put radio or tv near window and blast it to legal limits..find out your township noise laws…like I did. Neighbors smoke around the clock 24/7 in their backyard and our home seems to constantly suck the outside air in. Place fans next to the window to limit the smoke that actually gets into the house. However, there is no law in Ontario that prevents people … We’ve asked the neighbor to open a window, but he basically told us that it wasn’t his problem and we were SOL. I found a solution to dealing with 2nd hand smoke. That’s helped some. Effective-ish. Smoke can enter from outside in a number of ways: If the smoke is coming through shared HVAC, your only option may be a high-powered air filter, or moving. And so, after each game, I started leaving my gear outside for a few hours, just a few feet above Smoke Central. can I cover the floors with to seal them? Enforce a No-Smoking Lease. I hope I could open your eyes about some smokers, as they aren’t all bad… they’re just addicted. More and more of those prohibit smoking. Good luck – I wish I had more help to offer you. smoking (istockphoto) By Benny L. Kass. PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS I guess we share air through the metal indoor frames in the bathrooms. Still not recommending anything for cigarette smoke. I can’t say how effective that was in making the stoner smell go away, but I certainly limited my time out there, which limited how much I had to smell it. And wouldn’t you know? That being said, I also have neighbours who’s smoke is currently coming into my apartment (I quit smoking a year ago) that is bugging the hell out of me. Most of the butts end up in our garden too, either thrown over or pushed under fence, which I have blocked, when she is on school run! That specific person isn’t clean and is a selfish man.. I’ve not completely figured it out, but little-by-little I’m dealing with it…before we have to take legal measures. As a last resort, you can try to get the courts on your side by suing your neighbor for private nuisance. Then I discovered that my downstairs neighbors, who had moved in the same day I did, were just as thrilled…to move their previously private pot habit to their own outdoor patio—morning, noon, and night. The management SUCKS. For apartment and condo dwellers, having cigarette smoke drift in from a neighbour’s unit is an all too familiar hazard. Oh well. Sealing Your Apartment Block the gaps under your door with a door sweep or draft guard. Read carefully. In cases where the smoke is coming in from outside, you can try: In one case that I read about, the smoke was entering a home through the bathroom steam vent; in that case the owner simply kept it running so the air was always exiting the room. How do you block the smoke coming through the electrical outlets? No one cares! Under the floorboards is a subfloor, which is usually effectively airtight. How Do I Stop Neighbor's Cigarette Smoke From Coming Into My House? Step 2. I am going to do that next, or take them off and fill in the cracks or sprinkle active charcoal in the space under the drywall. So inconsiderate. The lower party smokes in the basement and the 2nd hand smokes stinks up may apartment through the furnace. my neighbor smokes on her balcony, right below me. We have been here 19 years, smokers first one 2 years and current 3 years. In fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency places second-hand smoke in the same danger category as asbestos and radon. A second-hand lesson in dealing with a smoking neighbor. I nested hard indoors and created a home office I loved. buy air pump and blast shitty smells out your window or just buy and spray alll around near patio. Our neighbours literally smoke 3 feet from our door and window, (she places a chair in the corner deliberately, because she knows it affects my health, I have had pulmonary embolisms twice since smokers moved in, now have chronic bronchitis and asthma, and on life long anticoagulants, inhalers and was on a nebuliser over the winter. I can already hear the toilets flushing where walls connect. In an apt situation I don't understand why its such an inconvenience to smoke on the sidewalk. Flowering Plants. * I called my plumber, and his only solution was to duct tape the overflow holes and keep the drain stoppers closed unless I was actually running the water. Our neighbors smoke in their back yard and when our A/C unit kicks on our house becomes inidated with second hand smoke. The pot fumes still floated by. Step 3. I have filled the gaps between floors & walls with non-shrinking silicone but it’s still coming through the gaps in the floor boards. … Some New York apartment buildings have policies making them 100 percent smoke-free, but if you're not in one of those, you may need to have a chat with your neighbor, or ask your landlord to intervene, according to our experts.. I kept recording every event in a journal because the smells (cigarette, food) happen almost on a daily basis now, and this weekend, I even realized it also came from under our sink. If the gap is larger, like missing pieces of insulation or drywall, finishing the job the builder should have done may be necessary. Many smokers can be quite defensive these days because of the increasing restrictions on smoking in public places, and because of the way some non-smokers behave. I have wood floors in an pre-war apartment where smoke is getting in sometimes pretty heavy. I got a little carried away at the dollar store, though, so it ended up looking like I was having a séance. The primary issue is when neighbors smoke inside their condo, which often happens during the bitter months of the year when Toronto balconies are covered in snow. Until laws change, your answer will be found in your tool kit. It’s probably not something you want to spend money on if you are renting. How to combat your neighbor’s cigarette smoke odor. Hi everyone i also have this issue of my neighbors cigarette smoke drifting into my property. If the smoke that disturbs you comes from someone who rents, find out if the rental agreement contains a no-smoking clause; these clauses are becoming more common. The smoke comes in my main floor windows which are about 4 feet higher than his balcony. For non-smokers, particularly if they are health conscious, a smoke problem can be worse than a noise problem; it can be heartbreaking when you own the space and weren’t thinking about moving. Keep the receipts from your work – you never know, you may be able to get compensation from your condo management or landlord (notifying them in advance increases the likelihood of this). The American Lung Association offers several tips to stop your exposure to secondhand smoke. Short of keeping your windows closed, I think you can reduce the smell by getting 2 window fans. Secondhand smoke seeping into apartments or condominiums from neighboring units poses both a health risk and a significant nuisance. The situation is changing, however, and non-smokers bothered by their neighbors' smoking may find that they can now take action. That’s how I found myself spending the first few weeks of spring tackling what became my most challenging home-improvement project to date: getting my neighbors' smoke out of my home. In some people, they can even lead to stroke. Perhaps they’d say the same about my hockey habit. Homeowners have no rights according to Environmental Health, especially to be able to use house and garden, but inconsiderate smokers have “rights” to pollute anything and everybody. Lol she said carbon for the cigarette smoke hepa for the other impurities in the air. Write them letter, keeping copies for yourself of course, and then hire a lawyer. Like, if they suggested a little thingie I could install on the door to make it seal better, I would do that. I don’t even know where to begin since our A/C isn’t running and we have dual pane windows. Okay, so you can't ask your neighbor to stop smoking, BUT as a smoker who lives in NYC and has neighbors, I would be totally happy to work with my neighbors on a solution to the constant stench of cigarette smoke. That’s how I found myself spending the first few weeks of spring tackling what became my most challenging home-improvement project to date: getting my neighbors' smoke out of my home. The landlord has to provide you with a habitable apartment, that is what you pay for. I also hate cigarette smoke. …..even us NON SMOKERS!!! If the smoke is coming through all the individual floor boards, there’s no way to fill them all except rebuilding the floor. No, not out of luck. What kind of covering (rubber/plastic?) I wouldn’t lump all smokers in the same group, don’t forget they are *people* first.. A lot of People are selfish.. Keep in mind that even the best filter won’t be able to pull air up or downstairs, so you may need one for every floor. You have a right to a habitable dwelling. Downside: The combination of fan noise and outside traffic gave my balcony the ambience of an airport runway. What does the law say? After a long winter, though, I was thrilled to fling open my windows and balcony doors for some fresh spring air. If you live in an apartment or condo, check your lease or rules to see if smoking is allowed or addressed. I wouldn't lump all smokers in the same group, don't forget they are *people* first.. A lot of People are…. Basically we ended up just following our noses to where it smells strongest, sealing whatever was in the area, and crossing our fingers. If you ask a person with kindness and respect to move while they are smoking, 9/10 times I bet they’ll happily move for you 🙂. You’ll end up doing this many, many times if your situation is anything like ours. LANDLORDS SUCK. If the smoke is coming in through windows or gaps between the units, you have more options. I write my own stuff, so you should too! I live at Village at the Lake apartments in Spring Lake, NC. My neighbor is taking full advantage of this new freedom. I can’t sit on my patio or garden much because their smoke comes in my yard. Where I live, medicinal marijuana is legal, so it was only fair to assume that what these guys were smoking was medicinal. You could also try consulting a professional HVAC company about better filtering of the air before it is recirculated – more enlightened condo boards may consider this if you do the legwork. Some articles suggested that I confront my neighbors in person, while others insisted I must write a letter. Turns out there was a hole in the drywall the size of my fist behind it. But: Did you know that one of the best ways to get the odor out of sports equipment is to let it dry on a sunny condo balcony? The most successful part of this attempt was simply not setting my notebook on fire. Pull up the floor, have the subfloor redone. 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