sealed room question

[Picarus]

Hi,
I am planning for a new space currently. I want to go fully sealed but have a few concerns.
I plan on having my bloom rooms exchange air with a control room that houses the A/C, dehumidifier, etc. There will also be a small foyer room that annexes the outside to inside, but does not exchange air except when exiting/ entering.
I will scrub the air as it exits the bloom room. I still imagines some smell will exit the bloom room when going in and out.

-Do you scrub the air in the lung room as well?

-How do you address smell when entering and exiting the building?

 

[FlowerFarmer]

While there may be many right answers I like to use a Vaportek Optimum 4000 w/ classic neutral cartridge in the "lung space" surrounding my sealed rooms.

This unit with the knob set at around 2-3 eliminates any lingering odors that may escape while entering/exciting the sealed space.



The carts are expensive, but worth the piece of mind. I believe rez (or rezdog?) used to promote these vaportek units outside of a sealed room and claimed that he didn't even need a carbon scrubber recirculating in the sealed space... assuming you had a buffer (lung) of space around the entire sealed room.

They are from the janitorial industry and work great. No risk of harm.

 

[Mikell]

Just following along. Fascinating, I've never heard of an oil impregnated membrane filter.

The original thread if anyone is interested.

 

[iTarzan]

electrolux has been working great for me.

http://www.electroluxappliances.com/Homecare/Air-Cleaner/

They got the highest rating when I bought mine 4 years ago off of QVC.

It does not mask anything. It purifies the air with hepa and charcoal filters.

 

[Picarus]

what size are you using in relationship to the bloom room size?

 

[iTarzan]

I don't use it in the bloom room. I use it in the lung room I go through to enter the bloom room and draw cool air from. It would always have a noticeable level of skunk ass and dank funk. I exhaust filtered air into the attic. I cover the inside of the attic vents with furnace charcoal odor filters I buy at Home Depot or Lowes.

 

[watts]

vaportek doesn't "mask" odors. It neutralizes them with natural oils.