Cracks and holes in your air duct system due to age or careless installation cost the average homeowner about $300 annually.  Most home and light commercial duct systems have never been sealed, causing a typical home to lose 15% to 40% of the energy put out by the furnace or air conditioner through holes and cracks in its duct system.  Some comfort systems seem to run all day trying to get you comfortable.  Builders once had few options other than to use duct tape to seal their leaky ducts, but standard duct tape can dry out and become unstuck in just a few months.

A quick, low-cost inspection by one of Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning's trained Aeroseal technicians can pinpoint problems in your duct system and help make your energy bills and your air quality a lot easier to live with.  Duct repairs, if needed, could be the most important energy-saving measure you could take.  If your return ducts are located in the attic, basement, or crawl space and they have significant leakage, they will pull unconditioned air, dust, moisture or insulation fibers directly into the unit, clogging the air filter and coil or pushing these particles directly into your rooms.  Buildings with significant return leakage cost more to heat and cool.  Buildings with significant supply side leakage make you pay to cool or heat your attic, basement, or crawlspace.

In many cases, the costly decision to replace an aging HVAC system may be prolonged if the conditioned air the unit is producing actually makes it to your rooms.