EnviroFry Recommends Mold Testing for Arizona Air Conditioners, Swamp Coolers, and HVAC
Certified Environmental Hygienists Phillip Fry and Lee Maglanoc recommend frequent mold inspection and testing of the air outflow from room air conditioners, swamp coolers, and central HVAC air supply ducts.
Certified Environmental Hygienists Phillip Fry and Lee Maglanoc recommend frequent mold inspection and testing of the air outflow from room air conditioners, swamp coolers, and central HVAC air supply ducts.
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<strong>EnviroFry</strong> <strong>Recommends</strong> <strong>Mold</strong> <strong>Testing</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Arizona</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Conditioners</strong>, <strong>Swamp</strong> <strong>Coolers</strong>,<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>HVAC</strong><br />
Certified Environmental Hygienists Phillip Fry <strong>and</strong> Lee Maglanoc recommend<br />
frequent mold inspection <strong>and</strong> testing of the air outflow from room air conditioners,<br />
swamp coolers, <strong>and</strong> central <strong>HVAC</strong> air supply ducts.<br />
Montrose, MI, August 25, 2014 -- “<strong>Arizona</strong> window air conditioners, swamp coolers,<br />
<strong>and</strong> central <strong>HVAC</strong> equipment <strong>and</strong> ducts are both breeding grounds <strong>and</strong> an efficient<br />
distribution system <strong>for</strong> airborne toxic mold spores to contaminate the entire house or<br />
building, <strong>and</strong> thus to cause many <strong>Arizona</strong> residents to suffer from one or more of the top<br />
100 mold-related diseases,” warn Phillip Fry <strong>and</strong> Lee Maglanoc, both of whom are<br />
Certified Environmental Hygienists <strong>and</strong> Professional Industrial Hygienists.<br />
<strong>Arizona</strong> residents can read a list of the top 100 mold illnesses at<br />
www.moldinspector.com, a mold<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation website that has been<br />
online since 1999. Detailed in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
about air conditioning mold is available<br />
at www.airconditionermold.com.<br />
<strong>Mold</strong> expert Phillip Fry is author of the<br />
ebook <strong>Mold</strong> Health Guide.<br />
Fry <strong>and</strong> Maglanoc point out the following problems with cooling equipment <strong>and</strong> systems:<br />
1. As <strong>for</strong> swamp coolers, which utilize large amounts of water to evaporate <strong>for</strong> the<br />
cooling effect caused by water evaporation, the swamp coolers themselves are often<br />
heavily mold-infested because of the wet condition inside a swamp cooler <strong>and</strong> the<br />
continual intake into the evap cooler of large number of airborne mold spores <strong>and</strong> mold<br />
food (organic dust in the air). <strong>Air</strong>borne mold spores from the evap cooler’s mold colonies<br />
are then distributed throughout the house or building in the discharge of cooled air from<br />
the cooler.<br />
2. Window or wall-installed air conditioners also have a wet interior environment with<br />
plenty of incoming mold spores <strong>and</strong> organic dust to drive significant mold growth inside<br />
the units. To prevent window air conditioners from being mold factories, the units need to<br />
be removed <strong>and</strong> thoroughly cleaned inside every three months to get rid of accumulated<br />
mold growth <strong>and</strong> dirt/organic dust.
3. Central heating, ventilating, <strong>and</strong> air conditioning (<strong>HVAC</strong>) equipment <strong>and</strong> ducts are<br />
often mold-contaminated because of the wet environment inside the <strong>HVAC</strong> system,<br />
leaking <strong>and</strong> overflowing condensation pans (often from a stopped up or plugged<br />
condensation drain line), <strong>and</strong> the continual intake of airborne mold spores <strong>and</strong> organic<br />
dust.<br />
Fry <strong>and</strong> Maglanoc recommend that <strong>Arizona</strong> air conditioners, central <strong>HVAC</strong> systems, <strong>and</strong><br />
swamp coolers have their outward air flow tested at least annually to determine if the<br />
units have elevated levels of toxic mold spores.<br />
In addition, the environmental hygienists recommend a careful visual inspection inside<br />
the units <strong>and</strong> <strong>HVAC</strong> ducts <strong>and</strong> frequent cleaning---every three months <strong>for</strong> window or<br />
wall units <strong>and</strong> at least annually <strong>for</strong> central <strong>HVAC</strong> air supply ducts.<br />
Lee Maglanoc is the Mesa-based manager <strong>for</strong> <strong>EnviroFry</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Arizona</strong>, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, <strong>and</strong><br />
Nevada. To schedule mold inspection of air conditioning equipment <strong>and</strong> ducts, as well as<br />
swamp coolers, in <strong>Arizona</strong> homes <strong>and</strong> commercial buildings, phone Mr. Maglanoc at<br />
602-757-1918, or email azmoldinspector@yahoo.com, or visit the website<br />
www.arizonamoldinspection.net.<br />
Mr. Maglanoc <strong>and</strong> <strong>EnviroFry</strong> provide mold inspection <strong>and</strong> mold removal services<br />
anywhere in metro Phoenix, metro Tucson, <strong>and</strong> state-wide.<br />
Contact:<br />
Phillip Fry, Co-Manager<br />
<strong>EnviroFry</strong><br />
10104 Sheridan Rd.,<br />
Montrose, Michigan 48457<br />
Phone Toll-Free 1-866-300-1616<br />
Cell Phone 1-480-310-7970<br />
phil@moldinspector.com<br />
http://www.moldexpertconsultants.com