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Thomas Sheldon June 29, 1999
Question: I am investigating some reported 'musty' smells in a hotel. The reports occur in guestrooms that have individual heating/cooling units and in an outside corridor. The building is about 20 years old and carpets about 10 years old. However, just to make sure I'm not missing anything, does anybody know of other non-fungal sources of musty smells that I should not discount at this stage?
Answer: As a self employed HVAC technician I have serviced many window units in homes and commercial settings. These are the usual jobs that most larger heating & air-conditioning companies will not touch. I found that neither home or business owner do any kind of general maintenance on such units. Therefore, over 90% of the room air-conditioners I come across are in need of some severe servicing. The large majority of complaints that I receive on these units is that the have begun to give off a very unpleasant odors or have stopped cooling efficiently. I've seen the evaporators in these units so chuck full of mold, dirt, tobacco resin and other unknown types of debris; it's a wonder how they were still running. Being that this building is twenty years old I would guess that the room air-conditioning systems are close to eight or more years old. These window units may be a very good source to check for odor problems being caused by lack of maintenance.
I would not at all be surprised if this was your major source of the complaint.
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