For whatever reason a house I am trying to rent has developed a faint odor and I need it removed asap. I was thinking of renting an industrial strength ozone machine for a couple of days and putting it in the house. Anyone ever use one with success?
We used to use them in the cabins at camp after people would smoke in them. 4-6 hours of the machine running in there would clear it right up. We even used it one time when a septic tank backed up into a cabin. We got it cleaned up but it stunk bad and had guests coming the next day. We put the machine in there and a few hours later you would never know there was a problem. But, I wouldn't run it too long or with the family in the house. I believe they can be toxic. Or so I've heard. Also, the Ozone can damage rubber pretty quickly. Johnny ran one in his enclosed trailer with his hunting clothes last season and the thing destroyed his rubber boots, all elastic and anything else that had rubber in it.
I made the mistake of cutting off the ac when it was really hot bc no one was living at the house.....add the basement dampness bc no one changed out the dehumidifier and I have a faint odor of dampness I cannot remove. It is ticking me off.
you need to get to the root cause of the odor instead of trying to temporarily remove it. Otherwise it'll be back by the time the renters show up. If its 'dampness', then a dehumidifier should work, but it may have progressed past that point and you could have mold/mildew. And an ozone machine won't fix that.
We ran one in a cabin that had a chimney fire, it helped a lot. I also use a Log6 on my hunting crap between washings to help remove my funk.
You are right. We have a lot of dampness in the basement. I emptied out a 25 pint dehumidifier after less than 24 hours today. I repainted and sealed part of the basement floor today and plan on emptying out the dehumidifier every day.
