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Removing coal dust from small room

Scon · 2012-04-19 10:32:55

I have a cloakroom where the old floorboards have a thin layer of coaldust on them that gets onto whatever's around them. I believe hoovering ash from a fire is a no-no due to the ashes (if cooled) still being possibly too fine for the hoover bag to hold them. Is it the same for coal dust? I'm not sure how to remove it…

19-04-2012 11:32am

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Scon

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I have a cloakroom where the old floorboards have a thin layer of coaldust on them that gets onto whatever's around them. I believe hoovering ash from a fire is a no-no due to the ashes (if cooled) still being possibly too fine for the hoover bag to hold them.

Is it the same for coal dust? I'm not sure how to remove it otherwise as any brushing I do of the floor is throwing all the dust in the air. I figured a damp cloth might work but these are very old, worn floorboards so if I could attempt hoovering, that would be fantastic.

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#2 19-04-2012 11:56am

Scon

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According to this site: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/particle-sizes-d_934.html

...coal dust particle are the same size as milled flour particles and bigger than talcum powder. Perhaps it would be ok then.

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