air sealing

AIR SEALING FAQS

  • Attic air sealing is essential for preventing inside air from escaping your house, while keeping your conditioned and heated air where it belongs—inside your living spaces. This process helps maintain a less drafty and comfortable temperature year-round, reducing the need to waste energy on cooling or heating your home.

  • We seal all accessible attic bypasses, including light fixtures, top plates, bath fans, plumbing stacks, chimneys, and any other penetrations in the ceiling. This ensures that no air escapes or enters through these openings, improving your home's energy efficiency.

    • Skyrocketing energy bills

    • Persistent drafts in your home

    • Rooms that are consistently too hot or too cold

    • Damaged, compressed, or missing insulation

    • Dry, uncomfortable indoor air

  • We use a blower door test to accurately measure air leakage in your home, identifying areas that need sealing for optimal energy efficiency.

  • A blower door test uses a powerful fan, temporarily installed in the frame of an exterior doorway by a trained energy professional. Once calibrated, the fan pulls air out of the house, lowering the interior air pressure. This creates a pressure difference, causing outside air to flow in through any unsealed gaps, cracks, or openings, such as those around wiring or plumbing penetrations.

Overall, air sealing is a cost-effective way to improve the comfort, energy efficiency, and durability of your home while also promoting better indoor air quality.