Cleaning Commercial HVAC Systems, Silos, Tanks, and Ovens with GC Industrial Services - 3.13.2023

In this 74th episode of About the House with Troy Galloway, Troy talks to Robert Rizen from GC Industrial Services about the importance of keeping your commercial HVAC systems, silos, tanks, and commercial ovens clean. Find out why your work’s sprinkler system might have gross biofilms growing inside them. Contact Robert Rizen, the Vice President of http://gcindustrialservices.com/, by calling 314-680-8630 Submit your questions at the Galloway Building Services Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GallowayBuildingServices About the House brought to you by http://gallowaybuildingservices.com/ 2:55 What is GC Industrial Specialty Cleaning and Restoration? 3:30 Cleaning silos, tanks, and commercial ovens 4:00 Cleaning confined spaces 7:25 Having enough air to breathe while in the confined space 8:28 What to look for with air quality, air handlers, duct work, and HVAC 9:42 Hospitals have tremendous heating bills and are never turned off 10:30 Legionnaires disease 11:15 Using a robot to clean ducts 11:42 Coil cleaning 16:57 Residential coils are hard to get to 18:29 Filters don't clean the air. The filter’s job is to protect your $10,000 furnace 19:40 Hotels and motels are chronic offenders of being low budget on maintenance and having poor quality filters 21:50 Improperly cleaned coils. Impacting dirt. Sodium hydroxide eats up metal and creates pits 24:50 Using a concentrated probiotic and a lower-pressure psi 26:48 Why do sprinkler systems and food processing plants have problems with biofilms? 28:31 Rob cut open a clean-looking hospital coil and it was green inside. 29:55 20 hours of rinsing at a university 33:30 It's rare to see maintenance records 34:47 What makes duct work and ceiling tiles black? What is the Coanda effect? 36:28 Carpet is a filter 38:14 Why do air duct cleaners have a bad reputation? 39:45 Mold growth