Sam Myers
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356 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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And one of them, the call was because of mold growth.
And the occupants, the homeowners were having reactions to that.
And so there's not really a standard of practice that you do for that.
You just kind of figure out who you need to call and go from there.
And so the builder, unfortunately, this was only a three-year-old house.
And so they weren't willing to do anything about it.
And so they called a mold specialist and they bring in the dog to come sniff it out.
And so the dog sniffed in random spots of the house.
It's like, okay, well, somehow the homeowner got my number through another contractor.
And so I went and checked it out and I noticed where the dog sniffed was underneath an HVAC supply every single time.
And so looking into it, the HVAC system was single stage, which means it's either on or off, right?
There's no in between.
And it had a zoned duct system, which means if only one thermostat is calling, there's a damper that turns half of the other duct system off.
And so you build up a lot of pressure right there at the beginning of the supply plenum.
Things get really cold.
It had insulation inside of the plenum.
So things really like to grow in that when it does get really cold.
And so we were able to see that after we scoped it.
And then we had to put together a duct design, change some things so that when that zone system could bleed off air and not get under such a high pressure and then put a dehumidifier for the whole house and then just balance the bedrooms out.
And once we did that,
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