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Dusty house 2 Joe 12-13-2006
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Posted by Joe on December 13, 2006, 10:11 am


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



Posted by minder on December 13, 2006, 9:06 pm


> The third, which serves the
> master bedroom and bath

could be your bed


Posted by Joe on December 14, 2006, 11:16 am


Please explain . . . and thanks.

Joe


> > The third, which serves the
> > master bedroom and bath
>
> could be your bed
>



Posted by John Grabowski on December 13, 2006, 9:26 pm


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?


> 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
>
>


Posted by Joe on December 14, 2006, 11:20 am


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


> 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?
>
>
> > 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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