Attaching a quick sketch of my floor plan, 1200sqft, 30x40 footprint. Its a little washed out in the lower right corner, sorry.
My biggest air leak into the house is under the front door down on the lower level at the foot of the stairs. Upstairs my two biggest outputs other than windows are the vent fan in the upstairs bath and the BK Ashford 30 running in the living room. The stove draws room air, no outside air kit.
I also have a convection loop going, box fan on the floor outside the bedrooms blows cold air along the floor towards the stove. I can see in the popcorn ceiling warm air is drifting from the stove towards the bedrooms, dropping particles on one side of the popcorn but not the other.
I have been reading up a little on air quality anyway since I am in an EPA non-attainment area. Though I have been focusing on outdoor AQ, I have seen a couple references that indoor AQ will measure 50-70% of outdoor pollutants.
So if the outdoor air has say 50 grains per bushel of car exhaust, most homes will have 25-35 grains per bushel of car exhaust inside the house. Wood smoke 20 grains per bushel outdoors, then indoors in homes without wood stoves, wood smoke particulates will likely measure 10-14 grains per bushel. And etc.
Got a couple air filters today. I put a small on rated for 85cf in the office, set in high, closed the door and even 20 minutes later the air in that room is easier to breathe. I got one big one rated for 300sqft that I am trying in different places, but looking for inputs. I guess I need three more of them (@ $250 each, ouch).
For now I have the big one on a dresser in the master bedroom, about 40" off the floor so it is filtering the hot air coming into the MBR just before the wife and I breathe it.
I don't see a lot of point in putting one right by the stove to clean up the intake air for the stove.... Looking for ideas on where to place and what to expect.
Thanks, I think mine are Honeywell brand, they use the A-B-C-D type filters.
