When the heating and AC specialist came out and performed the cleaning on my ductwork he informed me that while my ductwork was in great condition structurally speaking, he told me that there was a very real problem with it and that there was mold growing all throughout the ductwork and throughout the air vents.
I have lived in the same house for many years now but recently I started to notice that something was off. Everytime I went outside or stayed at someone else’s home I was fine, but as soon as I would come home I would feel sick. At first I dismissed it as allergies or bad indoor air quality. But having bad indoor air quality made no sense because I had a HEPA filter that had always done an excellent job. I even checked my indoor air quality with an air quality test to ensure it was working like it was supposed to and the results came back fine. So if it wasn’t my indoor air quality then why was I getting sick all the time only when I am at the house? If it was something that was wrong with me I’d be getting sick all the time no matter where it was. I couldn’t help but think it was allergies, but I even went to the doctor and got tested for allergies and came back negative too. I was so confused and had no idea why I was having this type of reaction to being inside my house. Unfortunately, my illness only seems to get worse with time. Eventually it had come to a point when I needed to do something. I decided to have a ductwork cleaning since I figured that my ducts were overdue. When the heating and AC specialist came out and performed the cleaning on my ductwork he informed me that while my ductwork was in great condition structurally speaking, he told me that there was a very real problem with it and that there was mold growing all throughout the ductwork and throughout the air vents. I told him that I had been getting sick lately and he would and then explain to me that it was because of the mold spores that I’ve been breathing in this entire time. He did a deep clean on the entire ductwork and suggested I stay out of the house for at least a couple weeks. I did as he said and when I returned back to the house my illness strangely disappeared. I was no longer sick anymore; it was truly the result of the mold.