How to get rid of smoke smell? 3 tips for nasty smells in your house

Causes of nasty smells in your house

Dirty smells in the house are normal and they are often produced by every-day activities. For example after somebody used the toilet, after cooking or because somebody smokes indoors. Sometimes the nasty smell just comes from outside. Below you can see a list with the most common causes of dirty smells in a house.

1. The toilet

The toilet is an obvious source of unpleasant smells in a house. Everyone needs to use the toilet. There are many air fresheners, but they often have a masking scent. 

2. Fish smell, frying smells, deep-fat frying smells and smells from tabletop grills

We all prepare food. For many people it’s a hobby to spend lots of time in the kitchen. After cooking, the smell can hang around. Particularly after cooking certain vegetables, such as cauliflower or sprouts. After frying fish, a fish smell in the house can hang around for a long time. Two other culprits include the deep-fat frying pan and tabletop grills. It is not easy to get rid of deep-fat drying smells or smells from tabletop grills.

3. Smoke smells from cigarettes 

Many people really do not like the smell of cigarette smoke. That includes people who smoke. Many smokers often go outside to smoke, but in the cold months of the year that is not so easy. Opening a window produces a lot of cold air in the house. Cigarette smoke stays around in a closed room or a room without proper ventilation. This produces unpleasant smells, but it is quite unhealthy too.

4. Dirty smells from outside 

It can also happen that dirty smells come in from outside. For example from work outside the front door or the neighbour’s barbecue. Particularly in spring and summer when the doors and windows are open. Quite unpleasant, but it can’t always be avoided. 

Would you like to try something different to dispel a damp smell in the house, a toilet smell, fish smell, cooking or frying smell?

There are many DIY tips for dispelling nasty smells. We discuss 3 tips for neutralising smells. The tips provide no guarantees.

1. Ventilation prevents nasty smells in your house 

Ventilation is the most obvious tip. Open a window when you can, to get rid of the dirty air. In winter this will be less comfortable, but you can open a small window. For example during cooking. During cooking you should also make sure you have a cooker hood that works properly. Although the cooker hood never extracts all the cooking smells, it does make a difference. 

2. Lemon, vinegar and charcoal neutralise odours and reduce the dirty smell in a house 

Vinegar and lemon are both good products for neutralising dirty smells. Vinegar neutralises a dirty smell and lemon produces a fresh fragrance in a house. Bring a pan with vinegar and lemon wedges to the boil. Leave on the lowest possible heat, without a lid, for an hour. Do you have trouble with dirty smells in the rest of the house too? Put trays with vinegar on radiators throughout the house. For some vegetables, such as cauliflower, you can add lemon to the cooking water to prevent cooking smells. Do you have a dirty smoke smell because of cigarettes? A tray with charcoal can neutralise the cigarette smell. 

3. Candles and incense mask dirty smells in the house 

Everyone chooses what they prefer. Do you like candles and incense? Scented candles and incense produce lovely scents in house, but they don’t neutralise the dirty smell, they mask it.

The above-mentioned tips aren’t always effective. Or they aren’t always an option. You can’t always open a window. Particularly not in winter. Not everyone likes the scent of lemon, scented candles or incense. Would you like to get rid of nasty smells in your house quickly and simply? Use HG air neutraliser for bad odours for a quick and guaranteed result.