Post AyaCaFBp88eggBQQxk by zl2tod@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #AyaCaDsI1HR4bJHJsO by aligorith@mastodon.nz
2025-09-26T01:20:31Z
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Uncle is coming to stay in a few weeks time.On one hand, it's a good thing... Mum has wanted that to happen for ages, and late Grandma would've wanted it to happen too!On the other hand:TBH, I'm very stressed that he's gonna start smoking inside again. I really cannot deal with that...Either from being around when it happens, or from all the residue building up on my stuff within the blast radius... (and from other whiffs spreading further upstairs and so forth)Getting him to go outside to do it has some downsides too:1) Back door would end up putting most of it straight into my heatpump's intake, which is really bad as it's unliveable upstairs over summer without that running nearly constantly.2) Front door is not ideal either, as the lock occasionally gets hard to engage.Of the current options I can think of though, fixing the front door lock seems the easiest fix... 😬(Also, while I could just stay away at other place the bulk of the time to avoid most exposure to it, that would end up being rather stressful for everyone too)
(DIR) Post #AyaCaFBp88eggBQQxk by zl2tod@mastodon.online
2025-09-26T01:27:19Z
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@aligorith Your heatpump is unlikely to pump air in from outdoors. They pump heat.
(DIR) Post #AyaCaFt4XLFYqJeyNE by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-09-26T01:39:20Z
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@zl2tod @aligorith indeed - the heatpump circulates internal air, it doesn't draw it from outside. It uses its coolant to transfer the heat to/from the outside unit.
(DIR) Post #AyaCscM9jgh5k41GhU by aligorith@mastodon.nz
2025-09-26T01:42:40Z
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@lightweight @zl2tod Indeed. It's always a shock to the senses travelling overseas now and smelling it. So gross!