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Questions tagged [smoke]

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Who should I hire to remove the smell of cigarette smoke from my home?

I bought a house that has had a cigarette smokers in it for 40 years. Would a general contractor be able to fix this? Or do I need to first get a company that usually handles massive fire damage or something to remove the smell? Does someone need…
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How can I remove smoke odor after a fire?

There was a bad fire (everyone got out of the building in time, thankfully. It could have been so much worse!) in the apartment upstairs from mine. We didn't get any fire damage but there was a lot of water and everything smells like smoke. There's…
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Replacing old smoke detectors - yellow interconnect is connected to a white wire

Replacing smoke detectors in our home and found that on the old Firex G-18 detectors that were connected, the yellow interconnect wire was hooked up to a separate white wire coming out of the electrical box. Can someone please explain what is going…
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Why is my smoke alarm chirping even with fresh batteries?

One of our smoke alarms started doing a short chirp every couple of hours. I assumed it was due to a low battery, so I replaced it. Didn’t help still beeping every couple hours. I then unplugged it from the wall, took the battery out and held the…
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Would an electric furnace prevent outside air from coming inside my house?

I have an old oil furnace that is vented to a chimney flue, with a damper. I live in Maryland in a county where burning yard waste is legal. This can cause me to have an asthma attack when my furnace or air conditioning is on, and now my young son…
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What are the options for filtering fresh air entering a building (especially outdoor air with wildfire smoke)?

I'm confronting once again the California wildfire season. The outdoor air quality is poor right now and it's spreading all over. If we bunker down in place I'm worried about the air conditions inside our living space getting too unbearable. We have…
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Smoke detectors

My fire inspector is making all houses have wired in smoke detectors for short term rentals (3a). We were using the hardwired wireless interconnect from Kidde. They have now stopped making them. I was looking at bridge alarms. Can I hardwire bridge…
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Kidde Smoke Alarm Went off at 4:00 AM & Has not stopped

This ceiling mounted smoke alarm, model P3010L, manufacture date 4/15/2019 went off at 4:00 AM and has not stopped. Currently, its under a mattress to muffle the alarm. There was no smoke, no change in room temp or humidity, or other reason to…
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Multiple 4-wire smoke/CO zone questions (Vista 128BPT)

I'm moving in to a house with a Vista 128BPT burglar alarm and I'd really like to add smoke/heat and CO detectors to the system. However, I also really want the smokes/heat detectors to be on individual zones, or at least zoned per floor - it's…
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How do I stop smoke from being drawn into unit via open air return in attic?

I'm kind of at my wits end, trying to resolve some serious issues we have at our apartment. Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question; if not, please point me in the right direction. The Situation We live on the top floor of a…
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Why is my Erbauer 230mm 110v Angle Grinder smoking from the upper body area?

When I turn my Erbauer 230mm 110v Angle Grinder on, the motor powers up, the gears turn and it all seems to work fine. After about 10-15 seconds it starts to smoke, but with no strange noise, and not any smell of burning. Does anyone know what could…
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Why did my Whirlpool electric stove/oven blow the control board?

Info: -Whirlpool electric stove/oven model: FFEH3054USE -Bought new September 2022 Problem: Was cooking sauce on the stovetop burner and I smelled an electrical burning smell. Oven was OFF. I saw a puff of smoke from the front control panel and the…
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Potentially moving into a basement, but the upstairs tenant is a heavy smoker. Is there any way to live in the basement safely and keep the smoke out?

It's a long story but we own the house, so we can do any construction work in the basement to make it safe for living. The only issue is that the person living upstairs smokes cigarettes frequently (and this won't change) so is there a way to block…
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Wired wrong /fixed / now all switches out

I have a switch plate with 4 light switches. One switch covers three pendant lights. I rewired a new pendant light and turned on switch and there was a puff of smoke. I realized I accidentally connected black to ground. I fixed my error. Went to…
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Smoke smell in basement stairwell, possibly associated with upstairs fireplace

I have two fireplaces on different floors that share a chimney. I do not know whether they share a flue. This season, we burned some wood logs in the upstairs fireplace which were sold to us by a local man. These seem to burn a bit smoky. Last…
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