Norminn wrote:

Roof Time Cincinnati wrote:

On Dec 4, 6:53 am, "James" wrote:


Whenever it is winter I tend to get scratchy throat prone to getting sinus
infection just sitting at home. Since I live in a rainy winter area, I
wonder if there is mold growing somewhere and leaking into the hvac.

I see DIY mold test kit online. I believe they are dishes filled with agar
gel. Can these kit really tell the difference between toxic mold versus not
so toxic ones (e.g. mold that grows on bread)?

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Yes a mold test kit can determine with great accurasy, the interior
conditions. The LOWES in my region also has thm for sale..maybe stores
around you will too. A three pack is under 20 bucks here.


What do the test kits tell you? Indentify type of mold? What do you do
when you find mold?

They work in two ways:

The first is you can just let them incubate a day or two and visually
inspect what's growing on them. This doesn't tell you much since unless
you are testing in some super sterile room, there always will be
something growing.

The second is you do the collection and then mail the dish off to the
lab (for an extra fee of course) and you'll get a report back listing
exactly what was found and the relative concentrations.


Winter sinus and sore throat problems are often due to indoor (heated)
air that is too dry.

Certainly the first thing to do would be to get a humidity gauge and see
just how dry the air is, since that is by far the most common cause of
the indicated symptoms.