So perhaps the ductwork in our condo was never cleaned.
And I’m really, really hoping that this is the case.
My friend and I recently had the Heating and Air Conditioning professionals come out to do ductwork cleaning and ductwork resealing. The Heating and Air Conditioning professionals who were in my condo were exceptional. All the Heating and Air Conditioning workers were easily careful inside my home. I keep a neat and wipe condo so I really am appreciative of folks who respect that effort by being tidy. But the women from the local Heating and Air Conditioning contractor were on a whole other level. Their boots were covered every time they came in the house. And they were so careful to get any debris that got shook loose from the HVAC ducts and ended up on the carpet! One of the Heating and Air Conditioning workers was on it the second it hit earth with a stick vacuum. But the sheer volume of dust and crud that came out of our ductwork was staggering. Apparently, the condo was built in a time where they put some serious metals into ductwork. While the ductwork was horribly filthy. And that makes me gag to suppose about. The ductwork is in tip top shape otherwise. Still, it was shocking the amount of debris that kept coming out of the HVAC ducts. I was almost embarrassed. In fact, I asked if any of them had seen any residential Heating and Air Conditioning HVAC ducts that were this bad. To my utter shock, they said that indeed, they’d seen much worse. I can’t even fathom what that has to look like. Perhaps these awesome Heating and Air Conditioning professionals were simply being nice to an old lady. But wow, I’m still repulsed just thinking about breathing the air that was sharing the HVAC ducts with that grime and dust.