Purple Lights. The same one i had in my room in the 70’s while listening to Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbitt” song and thought I actually was being attacked by them.:mrgreen:
They were offically called “Black Lights”
The simple fact that this vendor is looking at HI’s as distributors should enlighten us about the system. Why not go directly to FEMA, can you imagine their take on a simple machine installed in a structure that would make mold disappear. Hundreds of thousands of units sold each year just for the hurricane season alone. After FEMA buys a million or so units, can you imagine what the individual states would do, insurance companies and then the Service Master type companies?
You know what “Confucious” said, “Mold is Gold - Who needs a Home Inspector”
AKA Ultra-Violet light, and it works amazingly well in the return air cavities of HVAC systems. Not effective on bacterial spores and or contaminants however…
http://www.advancedmoldinspection.com/ozone_generators.html
http://healthandenergy.com/ozone_in_buildings.htm
http://www.inspect-ny.com/sickhouse/OzoneHazards.htm
UV lights work good in furnaces, but will not get rid of the mold in the air unless you are planning on living inside your furnace.
I have already tested behind an ozone company (was not told the name) from Colorado. My Industrial Hygienist would not past the samples. The toxic spore counts doubled to tripled. He says that even dead spores can cause cancer. They did not even remove all of the visible mold. I wrote in my mold preremediation report that the mold needed to be remediated. I do not think they know how to use a dictionary.
Here ya go: www.nachi.tv
For the sake of discussion…
Let’s assume for a moment that this technology **is **safe and effective…
Being a distributor/licensee… how does this fit in with our COE… not to perform repairs on homes we’ve inspected ??? Couldn’t this be considered repairing the home ???
According to Joe Farsetta, no… it does not violate our COE because mold testing is outside our SOP.
In other words, cleaning windows, eradicating mold and mowing grass are all types of work that we can do for our clients.
For discussion the first questions to ask would be:
Is this particular concern covered by the I-NACHI SOP?
Is there anything in the I-NACHI COE that would prevent us from offering this service?
The service is not a SOP issue, it is a COE issue strictly.
The InterNACHI member shall not engage in any practices that could be **damaging to the public **or bring discredit to the home inspection industry.
No disagreement there.
So in your opinion,is it ethical or not to provide this service?
Given the gravity of the issues with ozone, I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole.
Whats next; Radon kills mould because Radon is radioactive and radiation kills moulds? 
It does not violate 1.11 of www.nachi.org/coe.htm as I read it, as mold testing is outside our www.nachi.org/sop.htm Controversial topic.
I have contacted TREC and am waiting for their response for us folks in Texas.
I have contacted the company and they said I must sign a non-disclosure form
to receive any information about cost and so forth.
I wish they had some 3rd party endorsement by someone that could stand
good for their amazing claims. But I am willing to give anyone a fair trial.
The jury is out for now.
Whats the definition of damaging to the public?
Nick
Since this is new technology. Why dont you have him do a house for you that has mold and film it before and after. If it works that would be great advertisement for him.
When I called, they said that Jim Gauthier no longer works with them.
Nick,
I sent these people my signed “non disclosure” agreement and they still will
not send me any info about their product.