Wanting to learn

[Big bob]

LATB posted.


You do it your way. But only a fool would leave a home vacant for an extended period without HVAC. IMO
Especially in the south in the summer.




I ask him to support his statement and questioned what would happen if the system failed. And if he had concerns of it working and dried out the traps filling the home with sewer gas.

Out of respect to the OP I took it outside.

Please enlighten me with your 50 year of experience. I am always wanting to learn.

[DJ_Critterus]

Boring! We already saw this in another thread so why bring it back up in this one?

ThreadFail!

/thread

[slewfoot]

Originally Posted by Big bob

LATB posted.


You do it your way. But only a fool would leave a home vacant for an extended period without HVAC. IMO
Especially in the south in the summer.




I ask him to support his statement and questioned what would happen if the system failed. And if he had concerns of it working and dried out the traps filling the home with sewer gas.

Out of respect to the OP I took it outside.

Please enlighten me with your 50 year of experience. I am always wanting to learn.

Humidity can cause mold. Mold is bad nkay?

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

Boring! We already saw this in another thread so why bring it back up in this one?

ThreadFail!

/thread

I never got an answer. And others with multiple homes or leaving one vacant might learn something.

[slewfoot]

Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

Boring! We already saw this in another thread so why bring it back up in this one?

ThreadFail!

/thread

Beating a subject to death is what VB is all about, especially politics

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by slewfoot

Beating a subject to death is what VB is all about, especially politics

Don't act like you aren't guilty, too, Mr. TDS.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by slewfoot

Humidity can cause mold. Mold is bad nkay?

Had a home on my street in the hood.
Vacant for 2+ years due to foreclosure and slow bank actions.
Buyer came in and got for $150+K under market value due to mold, thus having to replace all walls and ceilings, and also both AC units.

In our home, in SE FL, the air is always set around 78, as turning it off may only save you a little compared to the big bill!!

[Big bob]

So I am guessing both HAVC units failed and no one was there to prevent the mold damage.

[SurfnSun]

Originally Posted by slewfoot

Humidity can cause mold. Mold is bad nkay?

Its shocking to me he would even have to ask the question.

A closed up house with no AC in the south is a mold production factory.

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by SurfnSun

Its shocking to me he would even have to ask the question.

A closed up house with no AC in the south is a mold production factory.

Please go back and read the question again.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Big bob

So I am guessing both HAVC units failed and no one was there to prevent the mold damage.

Yep, stupid bank probably failed to pay the electric bill, or at least failed to confirm the electric was still on to run the AC.

House was a mess, yard was maintained but not the house.

Dood who bought it did well, as bought undermarket, lived there for 2 years, sold for another $250K in profit.

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by Big bob

I never got an answer. And others with multiple homes or leaving one vacant might learn something.

Had a friend who's mother in law passed in her 90's. He was in his 70's. His wife couldn't bear to sell the house, an upscale 3000 SF rancher on a big lot built in the mid '60's, so it sat fully furnished for 3 or 4 years. This was locally, and we have really LOW humidity. Nonetheless, when it came time to think about moving forward, there was mold in all the ductwork and it would need the ducts removed and replaced....about a 10k job. His wife said no and he passed away about a year later and who knows what his 98 year old mother and 70 year old wife ended up doing?
My own mom lived in a condo in Hawaii for 30 years. Cement building, built in '71. She didn't ever use the AC until the last 3 years of her life. I'd stay over and we only needed the AC starting about 2018 due to temps averaging low 90's instead of the low '80's of the past. REALLY humid. When she passed in 2021, cleaning up the place, black mold was all thoughout her duct work. Toxic stuff. My stepbrother got sick from it. It was not a problem when it grew in the ducts as long as the AC was always off, but when we started using it, it stirred it up and caused issues. Mom's and one more condo out of 22 on that floor was the only one with the mold. The other flats had used their AC all along. Mom and stepdad preferred the tradewinds.
So these are two cases I personally know about where static systems went bad.
Contrarily, in my own home, I was in the living room one day prepairing for a vacation the following day when what I thought was a helicopter landing in the street. I went out to look, nothing. The wall to the garage was shaking and it was loud. Turns out, some insulation in my dual pack duct had fallen into my squirrel cage motor, causing it to vibrate. I shut it down and removed the sheet of jute and all was well. Another 5 minutes, and the evaporator would have burst and the motor would have jammed up and I'd have been out a whole system. I now make it habit to leave it off when I'm gone. (But that never exceeds 2 weeks).

[SurfnSun]

Originally Posted by Big bob

Please go back and read the question again.

Yeah, I read it. Here's a reminder

what would happen if the system failed.

A failed system is the same as having no AC. Do I need to spell it out?
To the other, pretty obvious question, yes drain traps will dry out and get you get sewer gas smell and sewer flies in the house.

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by SurfnSun

Yeah, I read it. Here's a reminder



A failed system is the same as having no AC. Do I need to spell it out?

To the other, pretty obvious question, yes drain traps will dry out and get you get sewer gas smell and sewer flies in the house.

Great now you understand what I was asking.

[SurfnSun]

Originally Posted by Big bob

Great now you understand what I was asking.

No I don't.


These are elementary level questions with elementary level answers. I guess if you don't know what mold it, it could make sense.

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by SurfnSun

No I don't.


These are elementary level questions with elementary level answers. I guess if you don't know what mold it, it could make sense.

[Aerovette]

I have smart thermostats that I can control from my phone. I can turn heat or AC on or off as needed based on any criteria needed.

If I had a summer only home or something like that, I'd probably turn the temp up to some moderate temperature and use the AC to keep moisture down. As far as p-traps drying, I'm not sure how I would address that. I've never been in that situation.

[Frankie the Fink]

A home without HVAC for a long period in Florida will become a mold Petri dish. One house in my neighborhood was built and stood empty since new for 5 years. It was infested with black mold and every other nastiness you can name. Since it never got a CO (Certificate of Occupancy) somehow the seller managed to duck disclosure of the mess and people moves straight in..

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by SurfnSun

No I don't.


These are elementary level questions with elementary level answers. I guess if you don't know what mold it, it could make sense.

I don't think Large Slob really wanted to know the answer. I think he just wanted to see himself in print. Besides, he already knows the answers to everything. Just ask him.

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

I don't think Large Slob really wanted to know the answer. I think he just wanted to see himself in print. Besides, he already knows the answers to everything. Just ask him.

Well you got the first 3 words right.