Why do so many people have problems with dust in the house during renovation? It should be fun to renovate.
Here is a tip that I have used for many years.
Do as follows:
Now you can dust as much as you want, the fan sucks out all the dust, leave a door or window slightly ajar (5-10mm) across the room so air can come in, there won't be a speck of dust on the other side. The gap is also quite good for breathing fresh air when it gets too dusty (use dust protection for your mouth). Do NOT open the door when it's dusty in the room! I've torn plaster in ceilings, sanded filler from walls, etc., without problems.
Here is a tip that I have used for many years.
Do as follows:
- Remove a window (preferably on the leeward side, consider if it's suitable for dust exhaust with regard to cars, neighbors, etc.)
- Cut a chipboard or similar to seal the window frame.
- Make a (round) hole in the middle of the board that fits a 12-volt radiator fan from any car, you pay 100 SEK at the scrapyard.
- Mount the fan in the hole (note that children can get their fingers into the fan, add protection if needed) and connect it to a regular car battery charger (not small, weak maintenance chargers), with + and - you change the direction of rotation, the fan now sucks out the dust.
Now you can dust as much as you want, the fan sucks out all the dust, leave a door or window slightly ajar (5-10mm) across the room so air can come in, there won't be a speck of dust on the other side. The gap is also quite good for breathing fresh air when it gets too dusty (use dust protection for your mouth). Do NOT open the door when it's dusty in the room! I've torn plaster in ceilings, sanded filler from walls, etc., without problems.
Good method for spring-summer-autumn. In winter it gets extremely cold in the house if you have a fan that constantly pulls out the warm air. Then you can rent a professional air purifier instead, which draws in the dusty air, filters it, and blows it out into a "clean" room.
Or you close the door, open another window, and work yourself warm;=)
Joking aside, in southern Skåne, we don't have major problems with winter cold.
Sure, you can rent an air cleaner, I have really good discounts with rental companies in town, but then you might as well bring some craftsmen too.
The cool thing about the fan is the large amount of air it moves, a really dusty room is cleared in under a minute.
I'd rather spend money on the house than on rental machines.
Furthermore, it's usually cheaper to buy used tools, use them for what's needed, and then sell them on blocket.
Hakiställning, murbrockor, planlaser, stensåg, byggsåg, padda etc. are some of the equipment that have come and gone.
Joking aside, in southern Skåne, we don't have major problems with winter cold.
Sure, you can rent an air cleaner, I have really good discounts with rental companies in town, but then you might as well bring some craftsmen too.
The cool thing about the fan is the large amount of air it moves, a really dusty room is cleared in under a minute.
I'd rather spend money on the house than on rental machines.
Furthermore, it's usually cheaper to buy used tools, use them for what's needed, and then sell them on blocket.
Hakiställning, murbrockor, planlaser, stensåg, byggsåg, padda etc. are some of the equipment that have come and gone.
No,
You can vacuum the floor afterward, but a heavy-duty vacuum cleaner is of no use at all when there is so much dust in the air that you can barely see your hand in front of you.
Sanding dust and plaster dust tend to spread throughout the rest of the house, and vacuuming is not enough; surfaces need to be wet-wiped to become clean.
There are more fun things than wet-wiping all the floors, walls, and ceilings in a house.
You can vacuum the floor afterward, but a heavy-duty vacuum cleaner is of no use at all when there is so much dust in the air that you can barely see your hand in front of you.
Sanding dust and plaster dust tend to spread throughout the rest of the house, and vacuuming is not enough; surfaces need to be wet-wiped to become clean.
There are more fun things than wet-wiping all the floors, walls, and ceilings in a house.
Now, it wasn’t just for sanding filler;=)
I have a giraffe with a built-in vacuum cleaner.
If you demolish a brick interior wall, knock down a plastered surface, or clear out jackdaw nests in your chimney, then nothing else works.
I tore down the ceiling in my previous house, 2cm plaster on a reed mat reinforced with wire nailed to the ceiling.
It was incredibly dusty, but we could sleep in the adjacent room throughout the entire renovation.
I have a giraffe with a built-in vacuum cleaner.
If you demolish a brick interior wall, knock down a plastered surface, or clear out jackdaw nests in your chimney, then nothing else works.
I tore down the ceiling in my previous house, 2cm plaster on a reed mat reinforced with wire nailed to the ceiling.
It was incredibly dusty, but we could sleep in the adjacent room throughout the entire renovation.
I think your idea is fantastic.... for the right things. If I'm going to mess around with plaster and concrete in the basement, I will definitely adopt it. But for grinding, milling, and sawing, it's definitely the heavy-duty one that applies every day of the week.
I've also used an old fan with a flexible plastic hose (bought for a cheap price at jula) connected to the exhaust. Works really well.
But I can also suggest the tip about just using the grovis, placing it turned on next to me without the hose connected when I've been tearing plaster in the basement. It then functions as an air purifier. I felt it worked quite well, it pulls through fairly large air volumes.
But I can also suggest the tip about just using the grovis, placing it turned on next to me without the hose connected when I've been tearing plaster in the basement. It then functions as an air purifier. I felt it worked quite well, it pulls through fairly large air volumes.