Coal Dust

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

So I've been living in this apartment for about a year now. It sits over top a 3 bay garage, with a concrete deck extending off the side that houses a coal furnace underneath that you get to through the garage below. The furnace heats my apartment, as well as the landlords house about 30 yards below, and I hear them stirring the furnace about 4-5 times a day from the garage. The coal furnace heats water pipe registers that run along my baseboards. Anyway, I've started to notice an abundance of coal dust buildup lately in my apartment in the strangest of places. Underneath the sink for example, in a closed cabinet. Every day when I replace a white trash bag I find residue all over the outside. How the hell is that stuff getting inside a closed cabinet? I was horrified when I opened my computer case. Built it less than a year ago..now the inside is black with coal dust. I've started to cough allot more than I usually do being a smoker. Anyone have any experience with coal, cleaning tips, or any idea as to why I'm finding a fresh mist of coal dust daily covering the inside of my kitchen cabinets?

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[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

I'm pretty sure it's bad for you to breath it in......Have you talked to them about it, let them know what's happening

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

it causes a condition called black lung,,coal miners like my grandfather got it.

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

Yeah, I realize this. I doubt i'll get it due to my low exposure time, but it can't be good. I'm more curious as to how a fine mist of it gets inside my cabinets on a daily basis.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

runs some water through it

 

[ahole-ic]

How does it get in there? I'm sure you don't have an airtight seal. The fine particulates are in all the air around there. If I were you, I would get several air purifiers. They sell them everywhere for people with allergies. Keep your windows closed etc.

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

I'm pretty sure it's bad for you to breath it in......Have you talked to them about it, let them know what's happening

it causes a condition called black lung,,coal miners like my grandfather got it.

nonsence

Yeah, I realize this. I doubt i'll get it due to my low exposure time, but it can't be good. I'm more curious as to how a fine mist of it gets inside my cabinets on a daily basis.

from inside the walls, through the holes where the pipes come through

Bro, that shit's gonna kill you. Sirius.

nonsence

 

[MTXman 10+ year member]

pneoumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis idk if im spelling that right.. but seriously, look it up.. its not only the longest word in the english language it refers to your exact question.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

it causes a condition called black lung,,coal miners like my grandfather got it.

My dad suffers from this as well...

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

nonsence


from inside the walls, through the holes where the pipes come through

nonsence

his doctors said he had black lung from the mines,but i guess you know better then them.He was a coal miner back in the day when osha did not exist

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

It got into and stuck in your computer because of electrostatics.

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

Why was he smoking coal bro?

umm what? that reply dont even make sense