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Joe December 13th 06 03:11 PM

Dusty house 2
 
I have a dusty house, like Charlie, with a different twist. This house (in
N. Texas) has three AC systems, two of which show no unusual build-up of
dust on the filters after a month or two. The third, which serves the
master bedroom and bath, collects a considerable amount of gray dust--enough
to obscure the surface of the filter--in a month. The filters are the
standard 1-inch filters in the return vents, and I'm using Filtrete
electrostatics. This seems to me to point to an open duct, but I haven't
been able to find one. I understand that simply taping everything with
duct-tape isn't considered adequate. I'm not opposed to hiring someone to
fix it if I could be convinced that it is a duct problem. Any more ideas?
Thanks, Joe



minder December 14th 06 02:06 AM

Dusty house 2
 
The third, which serves the
master bedroom and bath


could be your bed


John Grabowski December 14th 06 02:26 AM

Dusty house 2
 
Just a thought; Is it possible that your clothes dryer exhaust is near the
return for this unit? Maybe the ducts are in the same wall cavity?


"Joe" wrote in message
...
I have a dusty house, like Charlie, with a different twist. This house

(in
N. Texas) has three AC systems, two of which show no unusual build-up of
dust on the filters after a month or two. The third, which serves the
master bedroom and bath, collects a considerable amount of gray

dust--enough
to obscure the surface of the filter--in a month. The filters are the
standard 1-inch filters in the return vents, and I'm using Filtrete
electrostatics. This seems to me to point to an open duct, but I haven't
been able to find one. I understand that simply taping everything with
duct-tape isn't considered adequate. I'm not opposed to hiring someone to
fix it if I could be convinced that it is a duct problem. Any more ideas?
Thanks, Joe




CDET 14 December 14th 06 02:59 PM

Dusty house 2
 
If your dryer vent is clogged, the lint can back up into the room.

Alisa LeSueur
Certified Dryer Exhaust Technician
http://CleanYourOwnDryerVent.com

Joe wrote:
I have a dusty house, like Charlie, with a different twist. This house (in
N. Texas) has three AC systems, two of which show no unusual build-up of
dust on the filters after a month or two. The third, which serves the
master bedroom and bath, collects a considerable amount of gray dust--enough
to obscure the surface of the filter--in a month. The filters are the
standard 1-inch filters in the return vents, and I'm using Filtrete
electrostatics. This seems to me to point to an open duct, but I haven't
been able to find one. I understand that simply taping everything with
duct-tape isn't considered adequate. I'm not opposed to hiring someone to
fix it if I could be convinced that it is a duct problem. Any more ideas?
Thanks, Joe



Joe December 14th 06 04:16 PM

Dusty house 2
 
Please explain . . . and thanks.

Joe


"minder" wrote in message
ps.com...
The third, which serves the
master bedroom and bath


could be your bed




Joe December 14th 06 04:20 PM

Dusty house 2
 
Well the filter ends up looking like the dryer screen. And I'm not
particularly confident about the dryer vent. But the utility room and the
bedroom are some distance apart. I'll look into this though. Thanks.

Joe


"John Grabowski" wrote in message
...
Just a thought; Is it possible that your clothes dryer exhaust is near the
return for this unit? Maybe the ducts are in the same wall cavity?


"Joe" wrote in message
...
I have a dusty house, like Charlie, with a different twist. This house

(in
N. Texas) has three AC systems, two of which show no unusual build-up of
dust on the filters after a month or two. The third, which serves the
master bedroom and bath, collects a considerable amount of gray

dust--enough
to obscure the surface of the filter--in a month. The filters are the
standard 1-inch filters in the return vents, and I'm using Filtrete
electrostatics. This seems to me to point to an open duct, but I

haven't
been able to find one. I understand that simply taping everything with
duct-tape isn't considered adequate. I'm not opposed to hiring someone

to
fix it if I could be convinced that it is a duct problem. Any more

ideas?
Thanks, Joe







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