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need to quickly build an air purifier to handle new carpet smell

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engineheat:
I only care about the smell in my bedroom as that's where I spend the majority of my time. I tried ventilation and air purifiers. While those helps it doesn't eliminate the smell. So I thought of the following which I will try today:

Seal off the carpet in my room with plastic sheets (shower curtains) and tapes, even around the walls such that the off gassing vents outside of my room where I no longer have sheet covers. And continue ventilating the rest of the apartment.

I'm not an expert on gases but I would think using non-porous covers in my room should eliminate almost all smells in my room right away as the vocs from the carpet cannot possibly penetrate it. The air purifier with active carbon should take care of any trace amounts due to leakage, such as through door (will be closed almost always) gaps.

Is this viable?

thm_w:
I guess that is an option, polyethylene sheet should be readily available for building supplies. Shower curtains might have their own issues. As long as the room is not too small and you do bring in fresh air on a daily basis (otherwise CO2 can build up).

https://www.mychemicalfreehouse.net/2021/05/how-to-sequester-offgassing-furniture-beds-pillows.html
https://ask.metafilter.com/315759/Plastic-sheeting-to-block-VOCs-from-Kills2-primer-Chemists-Anyone

As for the ozone:
I tried experimenting with two new rubber dumbbells, one with a small ozone generator in an enclosed box for many hours. I thought it had less smell after, but my partner said it had more stink. So that was completely inconclusive...

Whales:
Would washing the carpet help remove a lot of the smelly volatiles?  You can rent carpet cleaning machines and buy shampoo (the smell of which should be shorter lived than your current issue).

engineheat:
I don't know if washing will help. They steamed cleaned it and it didn't do much. I feel the chemicals are getting emitted from the fibers itself rather than being on the surface.

Good thing my lease is only 6 months. I'm not waiting 2 months or more for it to fade naturally. Also got a loud neighbor upstairs. This is the lease from hell.

jonpaul:
Rental appartments have the cheapest carpets if any.

These are often made of plastic that is outgassing chemicals.

In US and other locations, fire safety regs may demand a fire proofing treatment, often a fluro/chloro.

The smell may be from the carpet material or fire treatement and impossible to remove.

Even a few PPB may be detectble in an enclosed space.

Many people develop allergies or sickness traced to such chemical vapor or gas emission over a long period.

Thus unlike a spill or fungus/biological waste stain, the entire carpet will emit regardless of UV, disinfectant, or activated charcoal adsorbent.

I would beware of any rental with a noxious material in the carpet.

Bon  Chance

Jon

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