Air Sealing Posts

Dirty Ducts: How They Can Affect Your Home Comfort and Health

January 13th, 2025

Let’s dive into how these contaminants can affect your home and health and why regular duct cleaning should be a priority.

Read More

5 Reasons to Have a Professional Clean and Aeroseal® Your HVAC Ductwork

March 7th, 2022

Dirty ducts will impact your household’s health, while leaking ductwork can cause you to lose 25-40% of the conditioned air going through them.

Read More

Aeroseal Featured on PBS’s Hometime with Dean Johnson

January 18th, 2016

This last weekend, Aeroseal duct sealing was featured on national television (again). Check out this clip from Hometime for a great explanation of how the procedure works and how you could see improvements to indoor air quality, dust, consistent comfort and heating expenses. I encourage everyone to ask your local heating and cooling contractor if […]

Read More

I can’t believe I’ve never seen this before!

July 21st, 2015

Blower Door Demonstration on Home Improvement’s Tool Time… Enjoy!

Read More

Because James Brown says so…

August 27th, 2014

The first thing you need to watch when researching home performance: You may now continue your education. Professor Brown has completed his lecture.

Read More

BPI CEO: Kids Suffering in Our Unhealthy Homes

July 1st, 2014

Our Homes Suck – And That’s Why Our Kids Have Sinus Problems By: Larry Zucker (CEO of the Building Performance Institute)  We all know about how stack effect works in homes, but during presentations, I’m always surprised by how many hands are raised in response to the question: “How many of you think you can […]

Read More

IAQ 101 (AKA Indoor Air Quality Basics)

December 16th, 2013

The heat is blowing, the furnace is purring like a kitten, the family is warm wherever they are lounging in the house. Everything seems to be good, as far as the heating system is concerned… or is it? It seems like whenever that furnace blower comes on, Jim starts sneezing. All winter long you’re dusting […]

Read More

Where Your Boot Meets the Floor

October 18th, 2013

One key duct component you’ll hear mentioned regularly in the world of home performance is the venerable “floor-to-boot” connection. It may sound like some obscure honky-tonk dance, but it is really one of the more important points in your home to investigate and seal when it comes to indoor air quality and efficiency. The floor-to-boot […]

Read More

Biological Pollutants In Your Home – Clearing the Air

January 24th, 2013

This page will help you understand: what indoor biological pollution is whether your home or lifestyle promotes its development how to control its growth and buildup Outdoor air pollution in cities is a major health problem. Much effort and money continues to be spent cleaning up pollution in the outdoor air. But air pollution can […]

Read More