Ductwork is Critical to Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality
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If your home is 10 years old – the ductwork needs to be inspected for breaks and cracks that need sealing.
If your home is more than 10 years old – there will be breaks and cracks in the ductwork.
If your home is more than 20 years old – there will be breaks and cracks in the ductwork; as well as crumbling sections of ductwork.
Any break or crack in ductwork circulates insulation, dust, dirt and hazardous particulates from your attic into indoor living spaces.
Got bad allergies or asthma? Remember to have the ductwork checked!
Up to 40% of the energy usage for your air conditioning and heating system can be wasted by leakage and breaks in the ductwork.
Keep the air ducts in your home or office working properly with professional ductwork repair and sealing.
Although you cannot see it – your ductwork system has an important job: distributing air throughout the home or office that has been “conditioned” (heated or cooled) by your HVAC system. This keeps your living space at the correct temperature.
Supply Air Ducts transport conditioned air from your furnace or Air Conditioner air handler to different rooms or hallways. A separate system of Return Air Ducts bring air back to the furnace or a/c air handler to be conditioned.
Ductwork systems sound fairly basic. But there are several problems that negatively affect your ductwork, indoor air quality – and your health!
REASONS TO KEEP DUCTWORK IN GOOD WORKING ORDER
- Reduce energy bills
- Eliminate hot and cold spots
- Decrease allergies and improve indoor air quality
- Safety – Eliminate backdrafting of insulation and gases (carbon monoxide and more)
Ductwork Problems
Leaky ducts are very common and can diminish the efficiency of your HVAC system by as much as 40%. It doesn’t make sense for air that you’ve paid to heat or cool to leak into an attic, basement or crawl space through gaps and cracks in your supply ducts. And it’s not healthy to breathe crawl space or attic air that is being sucked into leaky return ducts; and then circulated back to your living space. These problems can be corrected by sealing your ductwork system.
Imbalanced ductwork wastes energy – and creates areas in your house that are too hot or too cold. Ductwork balance problems occur when the amount of air delivered through supply ducts doesn’t match the amount of air drawn in through your return ducts. This typically occurs because of improper location and size of supply and return ducts.
Safety: Pressure imbalances caused by air duct leakage can lead to backdrafting in combustion appliances such as furnaces, wood stoves and gas ranges. When this happens, you risk exposure to carbon monoxide.
Ductwork Mysteries and Little Known Facts
Strange But True: In one home built in the 1970’s, we found ductwork that stopped at a beam – instead of going around it. All of the warm (or A/C cold) air from the open section of the ductwork was being sent into the attic! This created a huge hot (or cold) spot in that room.
If your home is 10 years old – the air ducts need to be inspected for breaks and cracks.
If your home is more than 10 years old – there will be breaks and cracks in the ductwork.
If your home is more than 20 years old – there will be breaks and cracks in the ductwork; as well as crumbling sections of ductwork.
After major foundation repair work done for your home – be sure to have the ductwork checked for breaks.
Buying a new or pre-owned home? Be sure that your home inspector carefully checks the ductwork.
Average Lifespan of HVAC Air Ducts: 10 Years
If your home was built in 2007 – the air ducts need to be checked; and probably need sealing and/or patching in spots.
If your home was built before 2007 – the ductwork is cracking and deteriorating in spots.
Air duct materials used before 2007 do not hold up as well as modern materials.
Older ductwork can literally crumble – sending your heated or cooled air into the attic. This will cause hot or cold spots as conditioned air is funneled into your attic – instead of your living space.
Deteriorating or broken ductwork increases allergies by circulating dust, dirt and insulation from the attic to the inside your home or office.
In older homes, as the foundation shifts over the years – ductwork pulls away from joins and can break. Most older homes have several ductwork breaks and routinely lose conditioned air into the attic; and/or circulates attic air with dust and particulates into living spaces.
Dallas Duct Repair and Sealing Services from Integrity Air Conditioning
Expert ductwork repair and sealing.
Ductwork inspection to check for all ductwork problems.
Comprehensive duct repairs completed by our technicians.
If we can repair and seal existing ductwork, we will.
If we have to replace ductwork – we replace by the section (not the entire ductwork system).
Assessment of related comfort and energy factors; such as insulation and HVAC equipment.
Need Ductwork Repair, Sealing or Replacement in the Dallas Area?
From duct sealing and duct maintenance to ductwork replacement – we do it all. Integrity Air Conditioning helps homeowners save energy – and money.
We provide ductwork repair, sealing, maintenance, install or ductwork replacement services in Dallas and surrounding areas; including Plano, Frisco, Richardson, Garland, Mesquite, Irving, Euless, Rockwall, Rowlett, Waxahachie and more.
See our COUPONS for money saving specials each month.
Start saving energy and money with a ductwork repair or upgrade from Integrity Air Conditioning
See our COUPONS for money saving specials each month.
Integrity Air Conditioning provides HVAC and ductwork services in in Dallas and surrounding areas; including Plano, Frisco, Richardson, Garland, Mesquite, Irving, Euless, Rockwall, Rowlett, Waxahachie and more.
Call (972) 435-7593 or contact us online to schedule ductwork service.