On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:26:00 -0600, Moe DeLoughan wrote:

On 12/16/2014 7:40 AM, CRNG wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 23:08:53 -0800, "Sasquatch Jones"
wrote in


So what I'm thinking of doing is closing all the vents and
sealing them except the one nearest the furnace, and then
connecting a large OD hose from the vent to outside thru a
window. Then emptying a few cans of Lysol into the intake area
and running just the blower for awhile. Then turn on the furnace
and run that for awhile. Then seal that vent, and repeat the fan
& furnace with the next closest vent, until all the ducts are
purged.

That should work.


The problem with that approach is that the occupants will end up
evacuating the house, gasping for breath from the Lysol fumes.
Seriously. It's a bad idea. Just clean the furnace and the ductwork,
forget about any kind of antifungal treatment whether DIY or
professional. The EPA does not recommend them.

Aren't mold spores practically everywhere anyhow? Mold is not like
ants, who send out scouts looking for something to eat, and then notify
the hill when they find something.

AIUI if there were mold anywhere in the house, or the neighborhood, ,
spores would already be everywhere in the house. But the mold ony grows
where the environment is suitable. The reason it grows where the
environment is suitable is that were spores there in the first place.

And even if the mold grew where the water heater was, all the water
dried up a long time ago and the mold died. That a wall is still
black doesn't mean the mold is alive. Mold doesn't have pall bearers or
family who come and paint a wall white again.

So there are no more spores in the ducts than there are in the rest of
the house, the same air they'r e breathing now.

AFAIK.