Sometimes you can find really weird things in the ductwork when you’re working on cleaning out ventilation systems.
I know that this sounds like a really weird topic of conversation, but when you have been working in the HVAC industry for as long as I have been, you definitely know that you have seen some crazy stuff here and there. It’s just something that you have to deal with whenever you are in a service industry like the heating and cooling profession. You have to deal with a lot of people, and as you know, sometimes people can be weird! Over the years, I have found all kinds of things in the ductwork of my clients’ homes. I have found the ashes of deceased pets, I have found wigs and weird costumes, I have found the bones of dead raccoons, and once I even found a gold bar. I have found jewelry and cash in the air ducts before, and I guess a lot of people just think that the ventilation ducts are great hiding spots to keep valuables from robbers. I don’t know why people think this, since A lot of times it seems like they forget that this stuff is there themselves. When I found the gold bar, I could have kept it if I had not been such an honest person! I gave it to the old lady whose house I was in and she told me that she had completely forgotten that she had hidden it up there a few years before I found it up there!