Your bedroom is supposed to be your sanctuary – the one place where your body shuts down to rest and repair. But if you are running a dirty air conditioner, your sanctuary might effectively be turning into a gas chamber of spores while you sleep. It sounds dramatic, but for our technicians servicing residential and commercial air conditioning Gold Coast wide, the reality is visible every day. We open up units and find thick layers of black mould festering inside, all while the family sleeps just a few meters away. If you’ve spotted the signs and are wondering if it’s safe to ignore it for just one more sleep, here is the hard truth.
The honest answer: No, don’t sleep with an air con full of black mould!
Look, we get it. It’s muggy outside, and you just want a good night’s sleep. But the short answer is no, it is not safe.
The “she’ll be right” attitude doesn’t apply here. Sleeping in a room with a mould-infested air conditioner is a massive health hazard. When you’re asleep, you’re in that room for 6 to 8 hours straight, often with the windows shut. If your unit has black mould, it’s basically pumping millions of invisible spores and toxins directly into the air you breathe while your defenses are down.
Why black mould is wrecking your health
Black mould isn’t just a bit of dirt; it’s a biological hazard that loves our humid Queensland climate. Here is why sleeping with it is a bad idea:
1. You’re inhaling concentrated toxins
Unlike a bit of mould in the shower grout, black mould in your air con is being actively blown around the room. You are breathing in mycotoxins.
The result is you wake up feeling groggy, congested, or with a “heavy head” (often mistaken for hay fever or a summer cold).
2. The “Gold Coast cough” & respiratory issue
We see this all the time. Families with kids who have a persistent cough that just won’t go away.
The black mould spores irritate the lungs and throat. If anyone in the house has asthma or allergies, sleeping with a dirty air con can trigger serious attacks or chronic wheezing.
3. Immune system overload
Sleep is when your body is supposed to recover. Instead of resting, your immune system spends the whole night fighting off the black mould you’re inhaling. This leads to chronic fatigue – you wake up tired no matter how long you slept.
So, what’s the fix?
If you see black mould on the louvers or smell that “dirty sock” odour:
- Turn it off. Grab a pedestal fan for the night if you have to.
- Don’t try to wipe it yourself. Wiping the vents just knocks the spores loose and spreads them further into the room (and it doesn’t clean the coils inside where the real problem is).
- Get it Hydro clean.
This is where DEEPCHILL comes in. A standard wipe-down won’t cut it. You need a proper deep clean to kill the bacteria at the source.
- For residential air conditioning in Gold Coast: We’ll sort out your home split systems or ducted units so your family sleeps safe and cool.
- For commercial air conditioning in Gold Coast: Running a business or hotel. Don’t let your guests breathe in bad air. We handle large-scale fit-outs and maintenance too.
