AC tech guy broked the evaporator coil in the furnace and leaked a significant amount of freon gas in the attic. i opened the door to the attic and opened all the windows in the house to ventilate out for about two hours.
1. Is it good enough?
2. The tech guy did not think this is a serious matter. He went to the attic and finished his job and said this does not produce any problem. This is the opposite of what i am hearing.
3. How should I remove freon gas from the attic?
2007-01-12 04:25:46 · 6 answers · asked by Curious_man 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
1. His boss told me that it is about 4lbs of freon gas which seems to be a lot of gas in a small area.
2. will my furnace suck the freon gas and convert it to a toxic gas?
3. what is the effect on a small child like 2 years old?
2007-01-12 04:35:12 · update #1
I will bet that poor technician was glad to leave your house when he was done. Why can't you believe the poor guy when he tells you that there is nothing to worry about. Would you have felt better if he told you to RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!! ? I bet he wished he had. If it were dangerous do you think he would have gone back up there to finish the job? Before the EPA decided that cfc's and hcfc's(R12 and R22 being the most common household used refrigerants) were depleting the ozone layer it was common to just cut open the refrigerant lines and let it fly into the atmosphere either inside or outside.
You say what you were told about it not being anything to worry about was the opposite of what you were hearing. What are you hearing and what were the sources? I would bet it was from some Yahoos grubbing for their two points that have no basis on which their answers were obtained or some other empty headed rumor factories posing as experts in whatever comes up in a conversation.
You even called this poor guy's boss and probably caused him more grief(along with the grief you gave him) for no reason.
2007-01-12 16:49:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freon gas will dissapate into the air if you ventilate it. Regulations have reduced the amount of Freon vented to the atmosphere, but it used to be very common to just do so. Your vehicles have Freon in their air conditioners and they leak to the air all the time without a problem.
As long as you have opened up to allow the Freon to dissapate, you should not have a problem. It does not leave behind a toxic residue and is likely pretty harmless at this point.
2007-01-12 05:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by united9198 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You did as much as you can. The amount of gas that was in your air conditioner is not that much. Yes freon is a controlled substance and you may want to continue to air out your house if it makes you more comfortable, but no you are not going to choke out in the middle of the night and die. You CANNOT remove it from the attic, it will dissipate on its own. This sort of accident is not uncommon, and rest assured the technician would not have put himself or you in any danger if he'd thought there was life threatening gas in your attic.
2007-01-12 04:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by bunnyhead 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is lighter than air, it will not stay in the attic. The only worry is it displacing O2 and in an open area like that it wouldn't do that. There are no residule effects, the gas is gone. Freon is being controlled today because it is harmful to the ozone not because it is a health hazard.
2007-01-12 05:02:52 · answer #4 · answered by renpen 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
R 22 or any other refrigerant will evaporate quickly. It should be gone within thirty minutes to an hour with descent ventilation.
2007-01-12 15:45:54 · answer #5 · answered by HVAC Tech. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even if it truly is leaking CFC gas, it truly is not a refrigerator, without the gas it wont get chilly, and it truly is his accountability to get it the hell out of there and replace it, oh, and CFC gas can damage you.
2016-11-23 14:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋