How to remove creasote smell from roon

17 years ago

My wife has a real severe reaction to smoke and products derived from petro-chemicals. We recently purchased a home where the prior owners evidently burned a lot of wood in the fireplace and is has left a smell in the room. We have had the chimney cleaned, capped the chimney, closed the damper, sealed off the front of the fireplace, washed the walls a number of times including the the front of the fireplace which is a massive stone front. Still can't get rid of the smell entirely. Any suggestions?

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dchall_san_antonio
17 years ago
I sympathize with you and I see what our future might have been had we continued to use our fire place. We would get the smell and suffer with it for a week or so before it dissipated. We burned a lot of scented candles.

More recently I bought a La-Tee-Da catalytic, scented, alcohol burner with the ceramic burner head. They sell similar ones in cigar shops for more than twice the price. We haven't had a fire since I got the burner, so I can't really comment but the cigar smokers I know all use these burners.

I also stay long term in hotels where the smells are not always what you might desire. For those I usually buy a Glade plug-in type of device. They have a wick, heater, and a fan that blows the scent out into the room.

I've tried incense in the hotels and that didn't work for me. I think it might have had I been there 24 hours to keep the incense burning.
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vacuumfreak
17 years ago
Hey there... Is the room carpeted? The carpet could be holding some smells if so. Also, you may want to get some baking soda and spread it on the porus stone in front of the fireplace and let it sit a while to absorb any residual odor. Buy some Oust or another odor neutralizer and spray in the room and in the fireplace... leave a box of baking soda in the fireplace, or spread it on the fireplace floor for more surface area. Hope something works for you.
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