Stopping Air Leaks

It’s just so exasperating! The warm air leaks into your house in the summer and out of it in the winter ! It’s just a giant waste your energy dollars.

The most effective dollar-saving task you can undertake is to caulk, seal, and weatherstrip all seams, cracks, and openings to the outside of your home. This can save you “big bucks” on your heating and cooling bill by stopping the air leaks in your house.

Stopping Air Leaks in Your Home

Areas that leak air into and out of your home cost you lots of money. Check the areas listed below.

Dropped ceiling Recessed light Attic entrance Sill plates

Water and furnace flues All ducts Door frames Chimney flashing

Window frames Electrical outlets and switches Plumbing and utility access

Having a “whole house” energy audit is one of the best ways of detecting where the air leaks are so that you can take measures to stop them. You need a highly trained professional thermographer to do the work.

Recognizing the value of an energy audit for your home is really a “no brainer”. The audit will easily pay for itself and then you just continue to “rack up” savings year after year. Most of the remedies for house air leaks are simple and inexpensive, like the application of weather stripping, caulk, etc.

Try to have the whole family home to watch the proceedure. It’s quite entertaining – a great family experience and a perfect opportunity to teach the kids about living responsibly in the world. Not only is it interesting to watch, but the results can increase your monthly discretionary funds!

I love this video. It describes how Energy Audits can help you in stopping air leaks in your home while saving you money each and every month!

Here is the bottom line. If you don’t stop the air leaks in you house, your central air conditioning and heating system has to work extra hard. This reduces the lifespan of your heating and cooling units and makes those heating and cooling bills higher as well! So if you seriously want to lower those bills then plug the leaks, make sure you have plenty of insulation, and you might even think about going green with a solar powered air conditioner!

Stopping Air Leaks is The Easy Part …
But First You Need to Know Where They Are!

 

Phone us for more information about stopping air leaks in your home and then you can start saving money on your heating and cooling bill! Set up an appointment for a professional Energy Audit at (817)465-1112. We’ll help you with stopping air leaks.