Benefits of Duct Sealing & Repair

There are many benefits of duct sealing and repair; keeping your home cool in the summers and warm in the winters. A duct system that is well-designed and properly sealed can make your home more comfortable, energy efficient, and safer.

Lowering Your Energy Bills and Saving Money

Leaky ductwork decreases the efficiency of your air conditioning and heating system by as much as 20 percent. This will lead to higher energy bills. But duct sealing will restore your systems efficiency and put that money back into your pocket where it belongs. Leaky ducts can reduce heating and cooling system efficiency by as much as 20 percent. Sealing and insulating ducts increases efficiency, lowers your energy bills, and can often pay for itself in energy savings. Plus, if you’re planning to install new heating and cooling equipment, a well-designed and sealed duct system may allow you to downsize to a smaller, less costly heating and cooling system that will provide better dehumidification.

Improved Indoor Air Quality

Dust and other pollutants can easily enter your duct system through holes. These pollutants are then circulated throughout your home. Duct sealing can minimize this problem and improve indoor air quality.

Safety

During normal operation, gas appliances such as water heaters, clothes dryers, and furnaces release combustion gases (like carbon monoxide) through their ventilation systems. Leaky ductwork in your heating and cooling system may cause “backdrafting,” where these gases are drawn back into the living space, rather than expelled to the outdoors. Sealing leaks can minimize this risk.

Ductwork not only delivers conditioned air throughout your home, it also expels gases (such as carbon monoxide) from your home. If your ductwork has leaks, however, these gases can leak into your home instead of being expelled. This is a huge safety issue, because these gases can cause health problems and even death.

If you have leaky ductwork, duct sealing is an important step that you can take to protect your family’s health and well being. You can either make duct sealing a do-it-yourself family project, or you can hire a professional to do it for you. (Most air conditioning and heating contractors also repair ductwork). But get started today. Your family’s heath, comfort, and energy budget depend upon it.

Indoor Air Quality & Comfort

Sealing and insulating ducts can help with common comfort problems, such as rooms that are too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter.

Fumes from household and garden chemicals, insulation particles, and dust can enter your duct system, aggravating asthma and allergy problems. Sealing ducts can help improve indoor air quality by reducing the risk of pollutants entering ducts and circulating through your home.

Protect the Environment

Energy used in our homes often comes from the burning of fossil fuels at power plants, which contributes to smog, acid rain, and global warming. Simply put, the less energy we use in our homes, the less air pollution we generate. By sealing your ducts and reducing the amount of energy necessary to comfortably heat or cool your home, you can reduce the amount of air pollution generated.

View the EneryStar Duct Sealing brochure  (2.73MB) to learn more.

Our goal is to help inform our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems).