Water In Floor Vents

The water in the ducts can initiate the growth of mold.

Water in floor vents.

If it is only in one vent you need to first eliminate the possibility of an interior source such as over watering a house plant a leaking aquarium or someone spilling water nearby. My vents new by. I have been told to fill the vents with concrete or expanding foam and abandon them lift my furnace tap into the down flow and put a new vent in the ceiling in that room and even get. Not if the water is seeping in through hairline cracks in the slab.

If you see water in any vent you should examine all of the other boots and ducts for water. Wet your tool with water apply soap to it and clean each vent. Ldapkus linas dapkus cmi january 4 2009 7 55pm 5. What is the best way to fix this situation.

Water in buried heating and cooling ducts can cause serious health problems. Afterwards metal or plastic vents can air dry or be wiped dry with a clean dry rag or paper towel. Clean your vents in warm water and dish soap. No they have standing water and a natural humidifier.

Each time the heating or cooling system operates the air moving through the ducts can blast millions of mold spores throughout the house. In this room the two floor vents fill with water when we get rain. The old ducts probably rusted away from the water seepage so someone simply removed the rusted material which left a round tunnel for the return. One vent has completely corroded on the bottom then and the ground water seeps in and fills that whole section of vents.

Only when i run the dish washer and run the washing machine.