Home Performance Testing
Home performance testing is a comprehensive approach to evaluate a house's energy efficiency and overall performance. Blower door testing and duct blaster testing, often accompanied by an infrared camera, are integral components of this assessment.
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After conducting comprehensive home performance testing, we provide tailored upgrade recommendations, ensuring optimized energy efficiency and enhanced home comfort. Our precise assessments pave the way for personalized solutions, offering you a roadmap to a more efficient and comfortable living space.
Energy And Comfort Repairs
After receiving our home performance recommendations, you have the flexibility to choose whether we handle the necessary repairs with our expert teams or share the assessment with a contractor of your choice to make the recommended repairs.
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About Us
At Perkins Inc., we are unwavering in our commitment to the rigorous testing and assessment of your home's performance. These meticulous examinations are the cornerstone of our mission, playing an integral role in uncovering opportunities for energy conservation, cost savings, and heightened comfort for our valued customers. At Perkins Energy Conservation, we do not rely on guesswork or offer one-size-fits-all solutions, such as simply adding insulation to your home. With nearly two decades of experience, we employ specialized equipment to thoroughly analyze a home's unique characteristics, providing data-driven recommendations that are both reliable and precise. Our comprehensive suite of energy conservation services spans from thorough energy audits to expert repairs. We excel in the installation of energy-efficient measures, including cellulose and fiberglass attic insulation, insulation removal, cutting-edge spray foam insulation, replacement vinyl windows, and cutting-edge spray-on and foil radiant barriers. In addition, we possess expertise in addressing air infiltration issues through meticulous weatherization techniques and conducting precise assessments of duct integrity to identify and rectify duct leaks within homes. Rest assured, when you choose Perkins Inc., you are selecting a partner that prioritizes the science of home performance evaluation to ensure your energy conservation and comfort needs are met with precision and expertise.
Testing Is The Ticket
Blower Door Testing
$250
- Blower Door Pressure Test
- Infrared Scan
- Pictures Of Problem Areas
- Gas Leak Test If Applicable
- Report Of Air Tightness Testing
- Report Of Air Tightness Testing
- $50 Additioanl For Pressure Pan Test
- Duct Leak Testing Not Included
- Repairs Not Made
Complete Home Performance Test
$400
- Blower Door Pressure Test
- Duct Blaster Test
- Infrared Test
- Gas Leak Test If Applicable
- Pictures Of Problem Areas
- Report Of Air Tightness Testing
- Recommended Upgrades
- Repairs Not Made
Duct Leak Testing
$250 / per unit
- Duct Blaster Pressure Test
- Duct Leak Inspection
- Duct Condition Inspection
- Report Of Duct Pressure Test
- Pictures Of Problem Areas
- Infrared Test
- Blower Door Testing
- Repairs Not Made
Our Services
Blower Door Testing
Enhancing your home's energy efficiency and comfort means addressing air leaks that let air escape or enter your house. A blower door is the tool that measures the precise amount of air leaks in your home's structure. It helps pinpoint exactly where the air is leaking in or out, allowing for accurate air sealing improvements to be made, ensuring a more comfortable and efficient home.
Duct Leak Testing / Sealing
In an ideal scenario, HVAC contractors would meticulously seal the air-moving and conditioning systems they install. However, this is often not the case with most HVAC contractors. Choosing to conduct leak testing and seal your ducts, return air, and HVAC system elevates efficiency, minimizes potential leak points, and creates a more comfortable home environment.
Home Performance Testing
Evaluating a residential home's energy efficiency through home performance testing utilizes advanced tools such as a blower door, duct blaster, and infrared camera. These specialized assessments are aimed at pinpointing air leaks and analyzing the thermal envelope's quality, ensuring a more airtight and energy-efficient living space.
Insulation Removal
Attic insulation removal is sometimes a necessary process that deserves careful consideration. This difficult yet often required task can substantially improve your home's comfort, efficiency, and indoor living environment. An attic filled with outdated, dusty, potentially hazardous insulation compromised by allergens or animal infestations poses health concerns and hampers energy efficiency. At Perkins Inc., we specialize in safely and efficiently removing such insulation throughout the Dallas metroplex.
Attic Floor Air Sealing
Sealing air leaks in the attic floor stands as a major enhancement for both energy conservation and heightened comfort. Surprisingly, some of the most wasteful and disregarded air leaks often exist within your attic, allowing for the infiltration of dust and unwanted temperatures throughout the year. Most insulation materials, while effective, inherently possess high air permeability and don't serve as complete air barriers. Air leakage through insulation materials mirrors air filtering, diminishing the insulation's thermal resistance.
Blown Insulation
Ensuring proper attic insulation in Dallas is important for maintaining lower overall heating and cooling costs. Ample insulation protects your home against unwanted heat loss or gain, improving year-round comfort. Unless your home was specifically constructed for energy efficiency, it's likely that your attic insulation can significantly benefit from enhancements. While insulation serves as a final step in attic energy conservation upgrades, it's essential to first address air sealing, bathroom exhausts, HVAC leaks, and ventilation first for optimal results!
Spray Foam Insulation
Spray foam insulation, known as polyurethane spray foam, comes in two main types: open-cell and closed-cell. This versatile material effectively insulates and air seals, applied to walls, ceilings, floors, crawl spaces, and attics to reduce energy loss and cut heating and cooling costs significantly in both new and existing homes. The differences between open-cell and closed-cell foam relate to strength, moisture permeability, R-value, and flexibility.
Radiant Barrier
Typical insulation materials such as fiberglass and cellulose work by absorbing or slowing down heat movement through conduction, convection, and radiant heat transfer. Radiant heat transfer, in particular, is a primary mode of heat movement. Radiant barriers function by reflecting heat rather than absorbing it. The installation of a foil radiant barrier in your attic can significantly reduce summertime attic temperatures, boosting the effectiveness of your current insulation.
Replacement Windows
Burris TectView Windows by Pella specializes in crafting premium-quality custom windows for our customers across the DFW area. Our product range comprises various window styles like single-hung, slider, casement, picture, and geometric windows, ensuring durable, high-performance selections. Opting for window installations through Perkins Inc., guarantees a long-standing partnership from the window's manufacturing process to our installation, ensuring a quality window upgrade.
Something To Think About
Do you struggle with maintaining a consistent, comfortable temperature in your home, noticing either constant HVAC operation or inconsistent room temperatures?
The challenges you're facing with maintaining a comfortable temperature might be due to supply or return duct leaks. Additionally, air barrier issues could be allowing unwanted hot or cold air to enter your home faster than your HVAC system can condition it, contributing to these difficulties. Home performance testing can uncover underlying issues in your home, preventing you from spending money on upgrades that don't address the root problems.
Old, dusty insulation or attic-to-home air leaks causing discomfort and aggravating allergies?
Removing old insulation, sealing air leaks in the attic floor and installing new GreenGuard Certified insulation will minimize indoor irritants, boosting comfort, and establishing a proper thermal boundary within your home.
Are your standard builder-grade windows experiencing foggy glass, condensation along the frames, and lacking thermal upgrades?
Replacing old windows with new Energy Star-rated vinyl windows enhances both the comfort and aesthetics of your home by improving insulation, reducing drafts, and offering a fresh, appealing look while also helping to regulate indoor temperatures more effectively
Have you considered the benefits of different insulation materials when aiming to enhance your home's energy efficiency?
Boosting insulation with blown material is beneficial, yet spraying foam offers superior insulation by not only insulating but also halting air leaks, a capability that fiberglass or cellulose lack. Spray foam insulation is quickly becoming the future and is an upgrade you should strongly consider for your property.
Is Your Attic Costing You Money?!?!
All it takes is a quick peek to find out! Many older homes have more air leaks and less insulation than homes built today. If your attic floor is insulated but the wood beams (joists) are still visible, you probably don’t have enough attic insulation and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to reach out to us today for a free insulation quote!
