Duct Sealing
Duct Sealing
Ecotelligent Homes offers professional duct sealing services for homes throughout the Metro Detroit area. Duct sealing is an often overlooked, but critical component of a comprehensive home energy upgrade. This is an important step for improving energy efficiency, comfort, and indoor air quality.
WHAT IS DUCT SEALING?
Most homes in Metro Detroit suffer from ductwork that has leaks and small gaps at the metal to metal connections. Leaky spots in your ducts allow your home’s conditioned (that is, heated and cooled) air to escape prior to reaching the desired room. This causes your heating and cooling systems to work overtime to compensate for the air loss, wasting significant energy. Peripheral side effects of leaky ducts include poor indoor air quality, uncomfortable rooms, and building durability problems. To remedy these issues, duct sealing is the process of identifying and sealing leaks in the home’s duct system.
PROFESSIONAL DUCT SEALING & YOUR HOME: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
When done correctly, duct sealing not only improves how efficiently your heated and cooled air reaches your rooms; there are also a number of additional benefits, including:
Better Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for Home Safety
Duct sealing eliminates a couple of indoor air quality issues including moisture escaping into your home’s exterior walls and unhealthy dust, mold, and other particles circulating through your ductwork.
Balanced Indoor Temperatures for Home Comfort
Conditioned air will reach your rooms more effectively, meaning you can expect a more comfortable, evenly heated or cooled living space.
Lower Heating & Cooling Costs
By reducing the demand on your HVAC systems, you can expect higher system efficiency, energy savings, and lower utility costs.
WORKING WITH ECOTELLIGENT HOMES
We are home energy efficiency specialists. With years of experience, our team will evaluate your whole house in order to determine the most cost-effective energy efficiency upgrades. We will evaluate your entire Michigan home and make unbiased recommendations based on building science.
NOT SURE WHERE TO START? SCHEDULE AN ENERGY AUDIT!
Our home energy audit is the best way to pinpoint specific areas that need an efficiency boost. Using state-of-the-art diagnostic tools, our team will detect areas of your ductwork that need attention. From there, we’ll come up with a strategic plan to address the issues.
After we seal your home’s ducts, our team will complete our Six Point Quality Assurance Check to make sure we have achieved your desired results for a comfortable and healthy home. Not many contractors can say that!
For more information about duct sealing or to schedule a comprehensive home energy audit contact us or call 248-291-7815!
Blog Posts
Does Duct Sealing Affect My Furnace?
Ductwork systems in a home serve the purpose of distributing airflow directly from your HVAC system to the rest of your home. Over time, leaks and gaps can be discovered in your ductwork that allows air to escape before reaching its final destination in your home. This is where duct sealing comes into play to […]
Do I Need a Duct Booster Fan?
If you are experiencing uneven temperatures throughout your home that make for an uncomfortable living environment, you may have considered getting a duct booster fan. Even if the heating and cooling in your home is up to speed, there can be underlying problems in your ductwork that are causing noticeably hot or cold spots in […]
The Importance of Indoor Air Quality & How it can be Improved
We are exposed to several unavoidable risks every day just by being alive. There are also risks present in our day-to-day lives that are avoidable, and poor indoor air quality is one of them. Air pollution is known to influence health issues but many people are unaware this includes both indoor and outdoor air. Air […]
Case Studies
Al W.
Overview Al W. is concerned about saving the Earth. While he updated the mechanical system in his home, he knew more could be done to make his home energy efficient. Problem Ecotelligent started by conducting an energy audit. During the audit, we found that the attic insulation was below ENERGY STAR levels and had multiple […]
The Miller Family
Overview The Miller family was experiencing drastically different temperatures throughout their 1900s farmhouse home causing them to be uncomfortable and concerned with their carbon footprint. Problem The Ecotelligent Homes team started with an energy audit. During the audit, we found a lack of proper insulation in the attic, basement and walls. They also determined that […]
Family in Plymouth Township
Overview A Plymouth Township family was having difficulty sleeping in their second-floor bedrooms due to uncomfortably hot temperatures in the summer. Problem From an energy audit to the Plymouth Township home, the Ecotelligent team learned that the insulation in the attic was damaged and that several air leaks were allowing unwanted warm air into the […]
THE ECOTELLIGENT DIFFERENCE
Ecotelligent Homes is a home performance contractor, which means we are a one-stop-shop and we manage the project from start to finish. We follow a three-step process when assessing and improving the comfort and energy efficiency of your home.
We can identify the source of your comfort, health and efficiency issues and present you with a solution to resolve the problem at its root.
Our licensed and insured team will install your improvements to industry-leading standards.
Our quality assurance check confirms the quality of our work and its impact on your home’s energy efficiency, comfort and health.