Claudia, You should change or wash your furnace filter as often as is reccommende You could get a so-called HEPA filter for more money those are not washable but are a much finer filter that is pretty muh as good as anybody needs.
>From all you've said, i doubt you have a mold problem and if your allergologist said no, that's pretty good, much better ahan any commercial inspector. Tom On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 06:19:27PM -0500, Claudia wrote: > What do you mean by forced air? > I'm not sure. > > We have a heating and cooling system, in one; we have vents, and the duct > work is all in the basement. I'm thinking that this is forced air? > The vents are floor-level, and the filters are just the kind you slide in and > out of the furnace, nothing electronic! > > Claudia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:07 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Air Purification Systems > > > > Claudia, > > Do you have a forced air furnace system? Does it have an electronic filter? > > Dale Leavens. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Claudia > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:41 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Air Purification Systems > > RJ, > > Do you recall how much you paid for your air purifier? > > Claudia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RJ > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:40 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Testing for Mold? > > I do have one from Shaklee, that my wife swear by. I don't have allergies, > so I can't tell. Plus the house is only 7 years old. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Claudia > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 16:36 > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Testing for Mold? > > County Health Dept. referred me to a company that you have to pay. > When I did talk with this company, they stated they could come out and do > an initial inspection for free. > They also stated that mold clean-up can get very, very expensive, and it > doesn't permanently cure the problem because it could potentially come back? > Then, he talked to me about purchasing an air purification system, one that > he swears by, of course, that only costs $750, plus tax. Go figure! > > Does anyone know whether these air purification systems really work? If > anything, I would ask him, if we could try it, for a week or two, before > deciding whether or not we wanted to purchase. > I think this guy probably just wants my money, but at this point, I don't > know of any other companies that come out to test. > > Claudia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Fowle > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:48 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Testing for Mold? > > The last place you should go is a company that also fixes the > roblem, it's one of the big current scams out there. > > Molds and mildew and th like are everywhere and apparrently not usually a > real problem. unless you've had long term water remaining in your place. > > County health dept. sounds like a good plan. > > Tom > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5199 (20100615) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5199 (20100615) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5199 (20100615) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5199 (20100615) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5199 (20100615) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5199 (20100615) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
