Drywall Dust And Furnace

Minnesota home inspector roger hankey describes the causes and effects of dust contamination in hvac systems that occurs particularly when the air handler is operated during construction such as as a space heater or as an air conditioner.

Drywall dust and furnace.

The furnace has never had a filter installed since day one and the inside of the furnace 90 rheem looks like a flour bomb went off in there. Foaming coil cleaners are usually called no rinse this only applies in ac mode. At least i don t have to warranty it. Turn off furnace central air.

Drywall dust alone cleans up easily blow it out dry then vac. The first one is that you need to turn off your furnace or central air depending on the time of year. I just looked at one the other day. If you don t know what that is hire a pro.

If it is a high efficient furnace clean the secondary. This is the best way to reduce the amount of dust that gets in your vents. Myatt said he felt cheated. Add to that the reduced heat cool transfer caused by a layer of dust plus a possible out of balance blower wheel other drywall components like silica mica and paraffin wax see your msds and some time your furnace air conditioning system just won t be what it could have been.

An hvac repair company found drywall dust had entered the furnace s blower and infiltrated the motor doing possible damage to the appliance.