Blower Door Technology Helps Save Energy
Start with a FREE home energy audit! An energy audit can be an invaluable step to take before you renovate because it will show you where the weaknesses in your house are. For example, ask the Home Energy Assessment company to do a Free Blower Door Test to clarify whether you need to replace the heating system or start with insulation and weatherization. The airflow per hour, compared to the volume of your house, indicates how leaky your home is. The Assessment will show where those leaks are.
Do you have drafts that make you too hot or cold? Do you constantly have to turn up the heat when the outside temperature dips below freezing? These might indicate that your home is not well insulated and has small gaps around your windows, or the 20-year-old insulation in the exterior walls has crumbled into dust.
Insulation is the least expensive way to improve the comfort and efficiency of your home. But, a poorly insulated attic will suck the warm air out of your house and pull outside air in through gaps in the walls, old windows, and the uninsulated rim joist in the basement.
Do you have drafts that make you too hot or cold? Do you constantly have to turn up the heat when the outside temperature dips below freezing? These might indicate that your home is not well insulated and has small gaps around your windows, or the 20-year-old insulation in the exterior walls has crumbled into dust.
Insulation is the least expensive way to improve the comfort and efficiency of your home. But, a poorly insulated attic will suck the warm air out of your house and pull outside air in through gaps in the walls, old windows, and the uninsulated rim joist in the basement.
Home energy professionals use a blower door as a diagnostic tool to determine how much air is entering or escaping from your home. But, what does the data from a blower door mean?