Improving the efficiency of the ductwork in your home heating and cooling system is an easy and practical way to save money on your seasonal energy bills. All the conditioned air that heats or cools your house is distributed through your home’s ducts, which means that some level of energy loss in that air distribution network is almost a certainty. If you seal your ducts, you will reduce this air and energy loss, improve the unit’s operation, increase indoor comfort levels and save money on your monthly utility bills.There are five major symptoms of leaky, damaged, or inefficient ductwork:
Unusually high heating or cooling bills or cost spikes not associated with increased usage or outdoor temperature extremes
Difficulty heating or cooling particular rooms or areas appropriately
Rooms with unpleasant and uncomfortable conditions, such as stuffiness, too much or too little heating or cooling, or increased amounts of airborne dust and contaminants
Obvious damage or kinks to sections of the ductwork system
Ducts located in unconditioned or minimally conditioned areas, such as garages, unfinished basements or attics, or crawl spaces
If any of these conditions exist in your ductwork, you should consider having the entire air distribution network professionally sealed. By sealing your ductwork, you will:
Reduce energy loss and waste of money: Leaky ducts can lose as much as 20 percent of the air flowing through them, which will make your monthly energy bills unnecessarily high. Sealed ducts lose much less air and energy.
Improve indoor comfort: Sealed ductwork delivers greater amounts of conditioned air throughout your house, improving your HVAC system’s performance and providing better levels of indoor heating and cooling.
Increase home safety: Sealed ducts leave no gaps, holes or openings where potentially harmful exhaust gases such as carbon monoxide can be pulled back into your home’s living spaces.
Air Assurance has more than 30 years of experience serving heating and air conditioning customers in the Tulsa and Broken Arrow areas. Contact us today for more information how to seal your ducts and how duct sealing can improve your indoor air quality and comfort while making your home a safer, more pleasant place to live.Our goal is to help educate our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). Air Assurance services Tulsa, Broken Arrow and the surrounding areas. Visit our websiteto see our current promotionsand get started today! Sealing Air Leaks image via Shutterstock