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Where is all the dust coming from? Julie 09-16-2007
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Posted by Julie on September 16, 2007, 2:48 pm
I've done all that I can do and think of and I'm stumped. I need fresh
input.

My 10+ year old 2000 sqft house is always dusty.

We have no carpets or drapery.
The doors and windows are always closed.
We have leather and wood furniture.
We don't have children.
We do have one dog that does shed and she mostly sleeps.
I don't use the central AC because I suspect there's dust in the
ductwork so I put in several window AC's (happily, my electrical bill
plummeted).
We don't live in a dusty area (e.g. a desert).

There are dust bunnies under the couch several days after I vacuum and
the leather chair that isn't used is covered with a layer of dust within
days of being damp cleaned.

So, I bought six( 6) Sharper Image Quadra units. After running them for
a week or two, they all picked up near zero particles. When I returned
them, the metal blades were still nice and shiny.

I brought back all of the Quadra units and bought four (4) of the
multi-fan driven Sharper Image Hybrids. Nearly $2,000. After a week,
they didn't collect any dust either and I brought them all back.

I bought five(5) of the severely maligned Sharper Image Ionic Breezes
off of eBay. These units actually do collect tons of dust and I have to
clean them weekly but the house is still very dusty. However, my
chronic sneezing and dripping nose came to an immediate end with the
Sharper Image air purifiers.

Then I bought four (4) IQAir HealthPro Plus Air Purifiers
(http://www.amazon.com/IQAir-HealthPro-Plus-HEPA-Purifier/dp/B00028P0S2).

These are the size of small refrigerators. Each one is rated to clean
900 sqft at max fan speed. I leave them running at max speed for over 20
hours/day but the house is still dusty. I have two (2) IQAir running on
opposite ends of the open area downstairs plus a Sharper Image unit.

The IQAir units are quite powerful. If you put a small piece of tissue
paper on the floor about 6" away from the bottom of the unit, the tissue
paper travels across the floor and gets sucked up.

I went on a multi-week cleaning rampage. I tore the house apart and
washed everything from ceiling to floor and then did it all over again
and again. Call me compulsive or extremely thorough.

I water vacuum wash the floors once/week to ensure that the floors are
truly spotless.

Even with the 5 Sharper Image cleaners and the 4 IQAir units, the house
is still substantially dusty (small particles and long fibers). Even
the filters to the air conditioners have to be cleaned every few weeks.

My latest idea was to turn on all the ceiling fans in each room to
prevent dust from settling and let the air purifiers do their job.

Where is all the dust coming from? What more can I do?

Posted by Grandpa on September 16, 2007, 3:10 pm

> I've done all that I can do and think of and I'm stumped. I need fresh
> input.
>
> My 10+ year old 2000 sqft house is always dusty.
>
> We have no carpets or drapery.
> The doors and windows are always closed.
> We have leather and wood furniture.
> We don't have children.
> We do have one dog that does shed and she mostly sleeps.
> I don't use the central AC because I suspect there's dust in the
> ductwork so I put in several window AC's (happily, my electrical bill
> plummeted).
> We don't live in a dusty area (e.g. a desert).
> [...]
> Where is all the dust coming from? What more can I do?

Just a hunch, but look in your attic. What kind of insulation do you
have in your attic and do you really know what kind of insulation you
have in your outside walls? If you have blown in insulation, then you
will *never* be rid of the dust.

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Posted by Julie on September 16, 2007, 4:06 pm

>
> Just a hunch, but look in your attic. What kind of insulation do you
> have in your attic and do you really know what kind of insulation you
> have in your outside walls? If you have blown in insulation, then you
> will *never* be rid of the dust.
>

In the attic, it's the pink fiberglass that come in rolls with the brown
paper backing.

When I opened some electrical outlets, I saw the same pink fiberglass.
Not blown in insulation. My last house attic had blown in insulation so
I know the difference.

Posted by Bob F on September 16, 2007, 10:53 pm

>
>> I've done all that I can do and think of and I'm stumped. I need fresh
>> input.
>>
>> My 10+ year old 2000 sqft house is always dusty.
>>

>> Where is all the dust coming from? What more can I do?
>
> Just a hunch, but look in your attic. What kind of insulation do you
> have in your attic and do you really know what kind of insulation you
> have in your outside walls? If you have blown in insulation, then you
> will *never* be rid of the dust.

I've never had a problem with dust from blown in insulation. Just how is it
going to get into the house?

Bob



Posted by Marina on September 17, 2007, 8:27 am
We never had any problems with dust until we moved to a house that has a
lot of trees surrounding the property and on the property. It's almost
like the woods around here.

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