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Air Seal Fundamentals

Look high and low to find and plug air leaks that cost customer money and comfort.

Now you know why you need to improve the airtightness of a home, something about how air operates, and how to have a home’s airtightness measured. It’s time to put this knowledge into action. Let’s start with these three simple rules for air sealing when you remodel your home:

Find and seal the big holes first.
Find and seal the medium-sized holes second.
Find and seal as many of the small holes as you can.

What Are We Looking For?

Every home is different,

most home we work on are retrofit homes, and Air seal was never done in these homes back in the days or even when homes were build by code it wasn’t required to do Air Seal

Attic Spaces are very important in a home there is almost 45% to 60% energy loss going into the attics.

Check List of things we look for.

Attic Access seal
Baffles for low vents
Recessed lighting light cans
Proper ventilation
Moisture Problems
Contamination in insulation rodents or pest
Vents are connected? and going to exterior (baths, hoods)
Duct work inside the attic space
knee walls (interior walls located inside attic)
Skylights
Slopped ceilings
General inspection of attic space
Current material and R-value, good conditions or Bad

After all things has been checked then we can offer the solutions to our customers, this will include what kind of materials we can install in the attic space we are inspecting and what things need to be fix before we insulate.

common materials we can use.

Blowing loose Cellulose
Blowing loose Fiberglass
Fiberglass Batts
Closed Cell spray foam

Take a look at the pictures bellow and have an idea what we look for.

Most house will be lacking from the check list,

some house will provably have some of these items in the check list.

we just have to inspect every attic we visit and offer the best solutions for home owners.

Can lights are a huge problem for homes most can lights aren't seal or IC Rated and this causes air to travel freely through the light housing into the attic space cause heat lost or moisture problems during winter times it will make the house colder and summer time will make homes hotter by sealing this lights it will reduce the use of energy.