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A method and kit of components for destroying organisms and toxins in from an enclosure such as a building. Temperature sensing probes are installed in the enclosure to indicate structure temperature and a recorder is used to record the temperature of said sensing probes in real time. Hot air is int

A method and kit of components for destroying organisms and toxins in from an enclosure such as a building. Temperature sensing probes are installed in the enclosure to indicate structure temperature and a recorder is used to record the temperature of said sensing probes in real time. Hot air is introduced into the enclosure through one or more ducts to raise the structure temperature to at least about 120.degree. F., as monitored by the temperature sensing probes. This is sufficient to kill essentially all insects, bacteria, virus, dust mites, spiders, silver fish, fungi and toxic molds such as aspergillus oryzae, aspergillus terreus, aspergills versicolor, cladosporium hergbarum, stachybotrys chartarum, penicillium aurantiogriseum, pencillium chrsogenum, pencillium glabrum and fusarium oxysporum, and the like. The air can exit through open doors and windows or through ducts to a filter assembly that captures the remains of the organisms. Ozone may be added to the heated air to improve efficiency. Preferably, air when extracted from an egress duct downstream of the filters improves air flow through the enclosure and filters. A typical building can be treated in six to eight hours.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method for killing organisms and removing of toxic substances from an enclosure, which comprises the steps of:preparing an enclosure having an interior and an exterior for exposure to a high temperature gas by removing or protecting all heat sensitive items;positionin

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method for killing organisms and removing of toxic substances from an enclosure, which comprises the steps of:preparing an enclosure having an interior and an exterior for exposure to a high temperature gas by removing or protecting all heat sensitive items;positioning a plurality of temperature indicating probes at predetermined locations in said enclosure;providing at least one ingress duct communicating with said interior of said enclosure and at least one egress duct communicating between said interior and said exterior of said enclosure;directing said heated gas into said enclosure through said at least one ingress duct for a time sufficient to raise the temperature of said enclosure to said lethal temperature;heating an environmentally acceptable gas to a temperature lethal to predetermined organisms;monitoring the temperature from said probes;recording said temperatures from said probes in real time;establishing at least a slight positive pressure within said enclosure;venting said heated gas from said enclosure; andfiltering air passing through said egress duct through a filter to remove remains of said organisms carried by said air.