View Single Post
  #11   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
RicodJour RicodJour is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,764
Default Do ozone generators really kill mold spores?

On Jul 9, 1:28*pm, "Nonny" wrote:
wrote in message

...

Do they need to be particular size/intensity to work? Also is
there
some kind of test kit that you can buy to test for mold?


Thanks!


I have one I purchased from a Canadian manufacturer. *It produces
5 GRAMS per hour and is a commercial-type unit. *Unlike some folk,
I really like it, but use it sparingly. *For instance, in a past
home, I had it controlled with a timer to come on 3 days or so
before we planned to return from a trip. *I had it run for 24
hours and then let the ozone degrade for the 2 days before we
walked in the door. *If there was any odor at that point, opening
windows for a few minutes took care of it, and the house would
then have a fresh scent. *I never noticed any degraded items in
the house and certainly never breathed the ozonated air inside the
house when the unit had been run.


That's the way to do it, if you're going to do it.

Ozone does kill mold spores, but it does not penetrate deeply. Mold
growing in carpeting won't be killed. If someone can come up with a
way to kill mold simply and safely without resorting to bleach,
scrubbing and a lot of labor, there won't be a bank big enough to hold
all of the money.

R