Re: allergic reaction to flexible duct liner

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Has anyone done any research on the polyester liner inside flexible

> > ducting I have a client that is having a pretty bad reaction to the

> > ducting in a small residential home more during heating season

I

> > am doing a voc test tomorrow and sending to lab

> ==============================================

>

> Are those impregnated with antimicrobials? Those can be toxic but

not

> show up in VOC testing.

>

> Barb Rubin

>

No the duct are not impregnated with microbial I do know some are

but not these I have a very hypersensitive client and the

manufacturer isnt really giving me anything useful Thanks for

your time.

Knight

[Guest guest]

Thankyou for your comments I am not the installing contractor

I am a contractor the installing contractor hired to tell them why

this woman is reacting to their newly installed system. There are

several things I have told them to change: the flex duct to

metal, the lined plenums to sheetmetal exterior wrapped, and add

fresh air the old leaking ducting they took out was in a round

about way giving her fresh air once sealed up, new duct- no more

fresh air. kinda crazy but I think Im on top of it now just

wondered if anyone has run into a similar situation.

>

> I am normally a person who stays in the background and reads the

posts

> that I find interesting. I have to comment regarding duct liners.

My

> field of investigation for the last 15 years has been Asthma and

> Chemically Sensitive due to my own chemical injury working as an

> engineer with Bellsouth which is again ATT. Just wanted to state

where

> I am coming from.

>

> Duct Liners-my experience shows that if you are dealing with a

person

> who is Chemically Sensitive or Allergic to plastic that there is

only

> one way to go. Sheet Metal that has be cleaned of the oil film.

That's

> it, no alternatives. Do not waste your time experimenting with any

> alternatives, there are none.

>

> I know the next comment will be, " I can't afford it! " My answer is

> always, " You cannot afford not to use sheetmetal " . Why did I made

this

> comment is always due to the old saying: Pay now or pay with

allergic

> reactions later. That's it, end of story. Thanks for listening.

>

> Artemiss, AA,BPS,CIE,CMR,CMC

> http://www.safe-homes.com

>

[Guest guest]

....and that sheet metal is galvanized, so in my particular case we

live in a house with flex ducts -- and had to have all the cans

sealed so the HVAC air didn't come in contact with exposed metal.

MCS is an individual disease, indeed.

-steve

>

> I am normally a person who stays in the background and reads the

posts

> that I find interesting. I have to comment regarding duct liners.

My

> field of investigation for the last 15 years has been Asthma and

> Chemically Sensitive due to my own chemical injury working as an

> engineer with Bellsouth which is again ATT. Just wanted to state

where

> I am coming from.

>

> Duct Liners-my experience shows that if you are dealing with a

person

> who is Chemically Sensitive or Allergic to plastic that there is

only

> one way to go. Sheet Metal that has be cleaned of the oil film.

That's

> it, no alternatives. Do not waste your time experimenting with any

> alternatives, there are none.

>

> I know the next comment will be, " I can't afford it! " My answer is

> always, " You cannot afford not to use sheetmetal " . Why did I made

this

> comment is always due to the old saying: Pay now or pay with

allergic

> reactions later. That's it, end of story. Thanks for listening.

>

> Artemiss, AA,BPS,CIE,CMR,CMC

> http://www.safe-homes.com

>