What do I do if My HVAC System has Mold? (read description)

Mold is a scary thing to have in your home. It must be removed and these services must be sanitized. If you have porous ductwork like duct board or internally insulated ductwork it has to be replaced. Routine maintenance can hep us catch it early and prevent it with proper filtration humidity control and ventilation. UV lights alone are not enough to take care of the issue but are unfortunately the most prescribed solution.

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[Element__]

Agreed about maintenance. However, most if not all the HVAC guys I personally know that work for different companies say the "maintenance" their jobs have them do is usually a visual inspection & if anything looks out of the ordinary then to reccomend a replacement not to repair & or & with all the greety companies in this world how can a consumer actually know if their HVAC tech actually did any maintenance without being right over their shoulder watching & asking questions? I would assume this makes the tech anxious & or annoyed because they have someone breathing down their necks.. simple answer would be to learn it yourself & maintain your own equipment.

[jpjp]

How do you prevent this?
Don't just say "maintenance". That tells me nothing. What kind of maintenance.

[cmikesmith]

I had HVAC technicians do “tune ups” every 6 months. They NEVER told me about the mold in our AC unit.
Our supply plenum was covered in mold.
*OUR HEALTH HAS SUFFERED AND THE HVAC COMPANIES DO NOT CARE*
We now suffer from Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS).

[southeastcleanairsolutions]

Love the YT short to help people see how poorly designed/installed and poorly maintained hvac systems can create a mold factory (especially in humid climates!) 🔥

[Enders]

Mine wasnt that bad but it had some. I ended up getting an air scrubber installed and im going to treat it.

[jamswiz]

Yep that’s how it looks at my apartment right now actually worse

[xxbladeftwxx]

I have some sort of blackish stuff on my vent in my room. 😊

[cameronc]

Homeowners: That is your blower motor forcing air into your supply ducts. All the air being blown onto you comes into contact with that black mold. Maintenance is key.

Techs: Ingersoll Rand seems to have created a plastic magnet. At least the tam9’s are black. Stainless steel ftw

[tonyaburnside]

The wall next to the air conditioner unit got all moldy the sheet rock you got the air conditioner unit you got sheet rock wall on the back of that sheet rock was mold. Crazy I’ve never seen anything like it so no the whole air conditioner unit is getting yanked out new sheet rock.

[HC-life]

Yup I have this shit in mine and my slum lord doesn’t want to fix it and says it’s normal by the water. And said he would fix it if I move wtf AH!

[mv]

what about installing a UV light to shine on it 24/7?

[robcab]

Every HVAC tech I know would just walk away while saying "get a mold specialist"
Useless

[therealestsista]

OMG I'M CRYING! MY HVAC SYSTEM LOOKS HIDEOUS ALSO ILK ILK! IM CRYING BECAUSE? ****MY HOUSE (as I type) has Supposedly been treated for MOLD? However? The HVAC SYSTEM HAD/ HAS MOLD RUNNING THRU OUT IT AND MY TENANTS OF 6 YRS OF BREATHING THE MOLD ARE NOW 😫 SICK ouch! IM SO SORRY! I TRIED RELENTLESSLY TO FIX THE MANY PLUMBING AND FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE MANY YEARS! HOWEVER? I ***UNINTENTIONALLY NEGLECTED CHECKING MY HVAC SYSTEM AFTERWARDS OMG HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS!****I DESPERATELY NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SYSTEM AS I'VE RECENTLY REPLACED ALL MY WATER/PLUMBING TUBINGS Supposedly ugh! OMG ILK ILK!

[ObscureManifesto]

So much for maintenance. If you try to access the evap coil 20% of the screws won't even go back in no matter how hard you try because of the stupid design of the casing.