Found some drywall dust behind my fridge. It’s been there a year. It’s about 1/3 cup of dust. I already cleaned it but my only concern is there’s a fan behind the fridge that blows air behind the fridge. My fridge is in in a cut out space, with a wall on one side and a counter on the other side and cabinets above. The dust was there when I pulled the fridge out, seems like it didn’t go anywhere but wondering if a little has been flowing in the house. Read drywall dust has silica in it and your not supposed to breathe this. Is this a huge exposure since it’s been back there a year? Thank you
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Ask the genius that cut the hole in the wallboard and didn’t clean up, to clean any close air return and clean or replace your furnace filter.
Clean up the dust on the floor.
Chinese drywall was known to have something more corrosive in it than US Sheetrock.
Is the furnace filter the filter that goes in the air return for the air conditioner? And in case he doesn’t want to clean my closest return, can I clean the air return myself? When I open the return I see a long aluminum hose in there . Do I just vacuum the dust inside the hose?