I have black soot coming out my ducts too. In fact, the vents in my
white ceiling and wall have to be cleaned periodically to remove the
black soot.

But there has been no fire anywhere near me. Ducts tend to pick up
soot and redistribute it in a concentrated area because they move so
much volume of air.

In addition to what you have on all the items in your home, when you
open your doors, you are letting in a tremendous amount of 'soot' that
is run thru your duct system. Also molds and all the million of
bacteria and germs you see on tv commercial.





On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:02:47 -0800, "Walter R."
wrote:

We had some smoke/soot damage in our house in the recent SoCa wildfires.

Our insurers (State Farm) had the interior of the house cleaned and washed
by professional cleaners.

After they cleaned the house, they had a commercial duct cleaning outfit
(Airtek) clean the heating ducts.

A few hours after they had cleaned the ducts, we noticed an unsightly layer
of black, gritty soot coming out of our heating vents. It was noticeable on
paper that had been lying on the floor under the vents.

Airtek has been back four times and kept cleaning the ducts, and still there
is soot coming our of the vents. Now there is less gritty soot coming out,
but more small patches of thin plastic overlaid with soot.

Any ideas what the problem might be?

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Walter
www.rationality.net
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